This is emacs 23 using the new 'updated-for-modern-dvcs' vc I see a mode line saying (note the colon) Git:master In the info on vc (Version control and the mode line) the emacs manual says: The character between the back-end name and the revision ID indicates the version control status of the file. `-' means that the work file is not locked (if locking is in use), or not modified (if locking is not in use). `:' indicates that the file is locked, or that it is modified. However at the shell a git status says # On branch master nothing to commit (working directory clean) If I close and reopen the file the colon becomes a - But I get a message: `working-revision' not found: using the old `workfile-version' instead. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html