diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index 0d9a0de8221..8780bd8b781 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1582,8 +1582,8 @@ basis using directory local variables (@pxref{Directory Variables}).
 @subsubsection VC Directory Commands
 
   Emacs provides several commands for navigating the VC Directory
-buffer, and for marking files as belonging to the current VC
-fileset.
+buffer, for marking files as belonging to the current VC fileset, and
+for operating on the VC fileset.
 
 @table @kbd
 @item n
@@ -1647,6 +1647,12 @@ prefix, do this with all the marked files.
 Discard all the changes you have made to the current fileset
 (@code{vc-revert}).
 
+@item V
+Take the next logical version control operation on all files shown in
+the VC Directory buffer (@code{vc-dir-root-next-action}).  This is like
+@w{@kbd{C-x v v}} (@pxref{Basic VC Editing}) except that it ignores any
+marks and the position of point.
+
 @item q
 Quit the VC Directory buffer, and bury it (@code{quit-window}).
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 2604092e268..6ea88aca195 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2794,6 +2794,12 @@ To restore the old, more limited behavior for VC Directory, you can do
 These correspond to the existing 'z p' to pop a stash and 'P' to pop the
 stash at point (deleting the stash at point is also bound to 'C-k').
 
++++
+*** New VC Directory command 'V' ('vc-dir-root-next-action').
+This is like 'v' ('vc-next-action') but applies to the whole VC-Dir
+buffer, ignoring the position of point and any marks.  This is useful to
+check in all local changes at once.
+
 ---
 *** VC Directory can now register files when checking in mixed filesets.
 Previously, if some files to be checked in were unregistered but others
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
index 35eaf9a97b5..87f4a55850c 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ That is, refreshing the VC-Dir buffer also hides `up-to-date' and
     (define-key map "I" #'vc-root-log-incoming)   ;; C-x v I
     (define-key map "O" #'vc-root-log-outgoing)   ;; C-x v O
     ;; More confusing than helpful, probably
-    ;;(define-key map "R" #'vc-revert) ;; u is taken by vc-dir-unmark.
     ;;(define-key map "A" #'vc-annotate) ;; g is taken by revert-buffer
     ;;                                     bound by `special-mode'.
     ;; Marking.
@@ -403,6 +402,7 @@ That is, refreshing the VC-Dir buffer also hides `up-to-date' and
     (define-key map "TL" #'vc-root-log-outstanding)
     (define-key map "T=" #'vc-diff-outstanding)
     (define-key map "TD" #'vc-root-diff-outstanding)
+    (define-key map "V" #'vc-dir-root-next-action)
 
     (let ((branch-map (make-sparse-keymap)))
       (define-key map "b" branch-map)
@@ -1011,6 +1011,27 @@ that share the same state."
   (interactive "e")
   (vc-dir-at-event e (vc-dir-mark-unmark 'vc-dir-toggle-mark-file)))
 
+(defun vc-dir-root-next-action ()
+  "Like `vc-next-action' but for all files shown in the VC-Dir buffer.
+This command ignores VC-Dir marks and the position of point.
+When the VC-Dir's root directory is the repository root (as it usually
+is), this command is useful to check in all local changes at once."
+  (interactive)
+  (let* ((only-files-list
+          (cl-loop for crt = (ewoc-nth vc-ewoc 0)
+                   then (ewoc-next vc-ewoc crt)
+                   while crt
+                   for data = (ewoc-data crt)
+                   unless (vc-dir-fileinfo->directory data) collect
+                   (cons (expand-file-name (vc-dir-fileinfo->name data))
+                         (vc-dir-fileinfo->state data))))
+         (vc-buffer-overriding-fileset
+          `(,vc-dir-backend
+            (,default-directory)
+            . ,(vc-only-files-state-and-model only-files-list
+                                              vc-dir-backend))))
+    (vc-next-action nil)))
+
 (defun vc-dir-clean-files ()
   "Delete marked files from repository, or the current file if no marks.
 This command cleans unregistered files from the repository.