Re: [PATCH] git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: [...] > These days these modes have very few if users, and users of git aren't s/if// or s/if/if any/ ? -- Kyle

Re: [PATCH] git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > On Tue, Mar 06 2018, Alexandre Julliard jotted: > ... >> I'd recommend that anybody still using it switch to Magit, which is >> being actively maintained, and IMO superior to git.el in all respects. > > I think at this point it's best to remove both of these mod

[PATCH] git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code

The git-blame.el mode has been superseded by Emacs's own vc-annotate (invoked by C-x v g). Users of the git.el mode are now much better off using either Magit or the Git backend for Emacs's own VC mode. These modes were added over 10 years ago when Emacs's own Git support was much less mature, and