changeset 85473:21825793865e

Disambiguate two slightly different uses of the term 'filesets'.
author Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
date Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:24:26 +0000
parents 4aae3cf6a1d9
children 30ad99e6b535
files doc/emacs/ChangeLog doc/emacs/files.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Sat Oct 20 03:56:39 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Sat Oct 20 04:24:26 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-20  Eric S. Raymond  <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
+
+	* files.texi: Disambiguate two slightly different uses of the term 
+	'filesets'.
+
 2007-10-18  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
 	* trouble.texi (Quitting): Fix typo.
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi	Sat Oct 20 03:56:39 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi	Sat Oct 20 04:24:26 2007 +0000
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
 systems, such as CVS and RCS.  It supports different transports for
 interoperating between users, offline operations, and it has good
 branching and merging features.  It also supports atomic commits of
-fileset changes, and keeps a history of file renaming and moving.  VC
+filesets, and keeps a history of file renaming and moving.  VC
 does not support all operations provided by GNU Arch, so you must
 sometimes invoke it from the command line, or use a specialized
 module.
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@
 @cindex git
   git is a version-control system invented by Linus Torvalds to
 support Linux kernel development.  Like GNU Arch, it supports atomic
-commits of fileset changes, and keeps a history of file renaming and
+commits of filesets, and keeps a history of file renaming and
 moving.  One significant feature of git is that it largely abolishes
 the notion of a single centralized repository; instead, each working
 copy of a git project is its own repository and coordination is done
@@ -1638,6 +1638,11 @@
 a group.  Now it does, which enables VC to drive changeset-based
 version-control systems.
 
+   Emacs uses the concept of named filesets elsewhere
+(@pxref{Filesets}) to allow you to view and visit files in functional
+groups. Unlike those, VC filesets are not named and don't persist
+across sessions.
+
 @node Doing The Right Thing
 @subsubsection Performing the next operation in the development cycle
 
@@ -3061,6 +3066,11 @@
 a fileset.  These commands are also available from the @samp{Filesets}
 menu, where each existing fileset is represented by a submenu.
 
+   Emacs uses the concept of a fileset elsewhere @pxref{Version
+Control} to describe sets of files to be treated as a group for
+purposes of version-control operations.  Those filesets are 
+unnamed and do not persist across Emacs essions.
+
 @ignore
    arch-tag: 768d32cb-e15a-4cc1-b7bf-62c00ee12250
 @end ignore