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diff --git a/lisp/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc-dir.el index 4ac5ed6852a..4316caeade1 100644 --- a/lisp/vc-dir.el +++ b/lisp/vc-dir.el @@ -1110,9 +1110,22 @@ outside of VC) and one wants to do some operation on it." ;;;###autoload (defun vc-dir (dir &optional backend) - "Show the VC status for DIR. + "Show the VC status for \"interesting\" files in and below DIR. +This allows you to mark files and perform VC operations on them. +The list omits files which are up to date, with no changes in your copy +or the repository, if there is nothing in particular to say about them. + +Preparing the list of file status takes time; when the buffer +first appears, it has only the first few lines of summary information. +The file lines appear later. + Optional second argument BACKEND specifies the VC backend to use. -Interactively, a prefix argument means to ask for the backend." +Interactively, a prefix argument means to ask for the backend. + +These are the commands available for use in the file status buffer: + +\\<vc-dir-mode-map>" + (interactive (list ;; When you hit C-x v d in a visited VC file, |