Variable: package-vc-default-backend

package-vc-default-backend is a customizable variable defined in package-vc.el.gz.

Value

Git

Documentation

Default VC backend to use for cloning package repositories.

package-vc-install uses this backend when you specify neither the backend nor a repository URL that's recognized via vc-clone-heuristic-alist.

The value must be a member of vc-handled-backends that supports the clone VC function.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 29.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el.gz
(defcustom package-vc-default-backend 'Git
  "Default VC backend to use for cloning package repositories.
`package-vc-install' uses this backend when you specify neither
the backend nor a repository URL that's recognized via
`vc-clone-heuristic-alist'.

The value must be a member of `vc-handled-backends' that supports
the `clone' VC function."
  :type vc-clonable-backends-custom-type
  :version "29.1")