[darcs-users] vc-darcs.el records changes without the fullname unlike darcs itself (with a PATCH)

[Ivan Zakharyaschev]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:

> Another problem I've noticed with the vc-darcs.el from jch@ is that it
> doesn't use the author's fullname when recording changes.
>
> This has been discovered thanks to a warning by "darcs amend".
>
> Let's have a look how the code of vc-darcs.el could be fixed. (I'll
> post if I come up with something.)

I've pushed my fix to http://hub.darcs.net/imz/vc-darcs_jch .

(Before that I had to convert to darcs-2 to be able to push to 
hub.darcs.net, so that might be considered a temporary darcs-2 repo to 
publish the fixes until Juliusz converts his one.)

> Hence, the suggested fix:
>
> diff -rN -u old-vc-darcs/vc-darcs.el new-vc-darcs/vc-darcs.el
> --- old-vc-darcs/vc-darcs.el	2015-12-15 07:47:00.563953863 +0300
> +++ new-vc-darcs/vc-darcs.el	2015-12-15 07:47:00.563953863 +0300
> @@ -97,12 +97,13 @@
>   : group 'vc-darcs)
>
> (defcustom vc-darcs-mail-address
> -  (or (getenv "DARCS_EMAIL")
> -      (getenv "EMAIL")
> -      (if (string-match "<" user-mail-address)
> -          user-mail-address
> -          (format "%s <%s>"
> -                  (user-full-name) user-mail-address)))
> +  (let ((addr (or (getenv "DARCS_EMAIL")
> +		  (getenv "EMAIL")
> +		  user-mail-address)))
> +    (if (string-match "<" addr)
> +	addr
> +      (format "%s <%s>"
> +	      (user-full-name) addr)))
>    "*The email address to use in darcs."
>   : type '(choice string (const nil))
>   : group 'vc-darcs)

Best regards,
Ivan