= SRC FAQ =
-version 1.0
+version 1.1
[[why]]
== Why SRC instead of $VCS? ==
lockless, better scriptability, and ditching RCS's awful revision
numbering are the main ones.
+SRC is now a fully-supported VC-mode system in the Emacs development
+tree, so you can run SRC through Emacs and get the lockless operation
+and Subversion-style revision numbers.
+
[[beginners-vcs]]
== Is SRC a good system on which to learn about version control? ==
SRC interprets the EDITOR variable in the usual way, using it to spawn
an editor instance when you perform a commit or amend.
+SRC is fully supported in Emacs VC mode, though at time of writing
+only in the development tree.
+
== COMMAND SUMMARY ==
A 'revision' is a 1-origin integer, or a tag name designating an
== BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY ==
-SRC history files are RCS master files. SRC maintains no state other
-than these files.
+SRC history files are RCS master files. SRC maintains no permanent
+state other than these files. It keeps some transient state as
+stamp files to speed up 'src sratus'.
In order to maintain complete backwards compatibility, one compromise
was made: any commit comment containing a string exactly matching an