Function: vc-revert-buffer-internal

vc-revert-buffer-internal is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in vc-dispatcher.el.gz.

Signature

(vc-revert-buffer-internal &optional ARG NO-CONFIRM)

Documentation

Revert buffer keeping point and the mark where the user expects them.

Try to be clever in the face of changes due to expanded VCS keywords (cf., e.g., Info node (cvs)Keyword substitution). This is important for typeahead to work as expected. ARG and NO-CONFIRM are passed on to revert-buffer.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/vc-dispatcher.el.gz
(defun vc-revert-buffer-internal (&optional arg no-confirm)
  "Revert buffer keeping point and the mark where the user expects them.
Try to be clever in the face of changes due to expanded VCS
keywords (cf., e.g., Info node `(cvs)Keyword substitution').
This is important for typeahead to work as expected.
ARG and NO-CONFIRM are passed on to `revert-buffer'."
  (interactive "P")
  (widen)
  (let ((context (vc-buffer-context)))
    ;; Use save-excursion here, because it may be able to restore point
    ;; and mark properly even in cases where vc-restore-buffer-context
    ;; would fail.  However, save-excursion might also get it wrong --
    ;; in this case, vc-restore-buffer-context gives it a second try.
    (save-excursion
      ;; t means don't call normal-mode;
      ;; that's to preserve various minor modes.
      (revert-buffer arg no-confirm t))
    (vc-restore-buffer-context context)))