GNU bug report logs - #11012
VC git checkout fails with error

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From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: Bug-Gnu-Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: VC git checkout fails with error
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:08:45 -0400

X-Debbugs-CC: Robert Goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info>

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> From: Robert Goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info>
> Subject: [Aquamacs-bugs] VC git checkout fails with error
> Date: March 12, 2012 12:38:58 PM EDT
> To: Aquamacs bugs list <aquamacs-bugs <at> aquamacs.org>
> Reply-To: rpgoldman <at> sift.info, Bug reports for Aquamacs Emacs <aquamacs-bugs <at> aquamacs.org>
> 
> Using ^X V + (vc-update) in a buffer under git revision control calls 
> vc-git-command as follows:
> 
> vc-git-command(nil 0 <filename> "checkout" t)
> 
> The arguments to vc-git-command are 
> 
> (defun vc-git-command (buffer okstatus file-or-list &rest flags)
> 
> and it calls 
> 
> vc-do-command (buffer okstatus command file-or-list &rest flags)
> 
> with flags as ("checkout" t)
> 
> but vc-do-command treats flags as a list of strings, meaning that it
> blows up with a not-a-sequence error here:
> 
> (mapcar (lambda (s) (if (> (length s) 20) (concat (substring s 0 2) "...")  s)) flags)
> 
> vc-dispatcher.el, line 300.
> 
> That last argument, T, is supposed to be a REV at the bottom of the call stack, where we call vc-update and then vc-checkout.
> 
> The slip-up seems to be on the pass-through to vc-call-backend.
> 
> Aquamacs info:
> 
> GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
> of 2011-10-25 on braeburn.aquamacs.org - Aquamacs Distribution 2.4
> 
> Snow Leopard

Message #8 received at 11012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, robert goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info>
Subject: Re: bug#11012: VC git checkout fails with error
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:43:23 -0400

David Reitter wrote:

>> Using ^X V + (vc-update) in a buffer under git revision control calls 
[...]
>> blows up with a not-a-sequence error here:

>> Aquamacs info:
>> 
>> GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
>> of 2011-10-25 on braeburn.aquamacs.org - Aquamacs Distribution 2.4


This error does not occur in the current Emacs trunk.

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From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, robert goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info>
Subject: Re: bug#11012: VC git checkout fails with error
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:01:41 -0400

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On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:


>>> GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
>>> of 2011-10-25 on braeburn.aquamacs.org - Aquamacs Distribution 2.4
> 
> This error does not occur in the current Emacs trunk.

What was the fix?  Can we apply this to the stable branch (that is, 23)?

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 11012-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11012: VC git checkout fails with error
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:29:30 -0400

Emacs 24.1, where this is fixed, has been released.

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