VC Command Summary
To give you the flavor of the other things VC can do for you, Table 12-1 provides a summary of VC commands. Each one will be explained in detail, but you can probably guess some of their actions from the command names.
Table 12-1. VC commands
Keystrokes |
Command name |
Action |
---|---|---|
C-x v v |
vc-next-action |
Go to the next logical version control state. |
C-x v d |
vc-directory |
Show all registered files beneath a directory. |
C-x v = |
vc-diff |
Generate a version difference report. |
C-x v u |
vc-revert-buffer |
Throw away changes since the last checked-in revision. |
C-x v ~ |
vc-version-other-window |
Retrieve a given revision in another window. |
C-x v l |
vc-print-log |
Display a file's change comments and history. |
C-x v i |
vc-register |
Register a file for version control. |
C-x v h |
vc-insert-headers |
Insert version control headers in a file. |
C-x v r |
vc-retrieve-snapshot |
Check out a named project snapshot. |
C-x v s |
vc-create-snapshot |
Create a named project snapshot. |
C-x v c |
vc-cancel-version |
Throw away a saved revision. |
C-x v a |
vc-update-change-log |
Update a GNU-style ChangeLog file. |
These commands are ordered in the table roughly by decreasing frequency of use. This is also the order in which we'll describe them in the following sections. All VC commands have the common prefix C-x v. Your fingers will learn this prefix quickly, and all you usually have to remember is the single command suffix. Two minor commands, ...
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