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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-04-01 23:22:52 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-04-01 23:22:52 +0300
commit2d02a5f729c804e841fee5df5b2ae2a06b705bd3 (patch)
treeb896e1ce0d86f9152fb547f939a4d0d0fb6f3589
parent9151f16e8131e6fcd94aa9c8a1b10d9b08656b64 (diff)
downloademacs-2d02a5f729c804e841fee5df5b2ae2a06b705bd3.tar.gz
; * lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el (vc-annotate): Clarify commentary.
-rw-r--r--lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el b/lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el
index 379ac95517b..774453f8b54 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-annotate.el
@@ -432,10 +432,11 @@ should be applied to the background or to the foreground."
(with-output-to-temp-buffer temp-buffer-name
(let ((backend (or vc-bk (vc-backend file)))
(coding-system-for-read buffer-file-coding-system))
- ;; On DOS/Windows, "svn annotate" will produce CRLF EOLs even
- ;; if the original file has Unix EOLs, which will show ^M
- ;; characters in the Annotate buffer. Prevent that by forcing
- ;; DOS EOL decoding.
+ ;; For a VC backend running on DOS/Windows, it's normal to
+ ;; produce CRLF EOLs even if the original file has Unix EOLs,
+ ;; which will show ^M characters in the Annotate buffer. (One
+ ;; known case in point is "svn annotate".) Prevent that by
+ ;; forcing DOS EOL decoding.
(if (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
(setq coding-system-for-read
(coding-system-change-eol-conversion coding-system-for-read