GNU bug report logs - #11490
vc-next-action overwrites changes in non-checked-out RCS file

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Message #30 received at 11490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jonathan Kamens <jik <at> kamens.us>, 11490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11490: vc-next-action overwrites changes in non-checked-out
	RCS file
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:11:07 -0500

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Can someone summarize again a *correct* recipe to see the bug?

mkdir foo
cd foo
mkdir RCS
echo initial > file
ci -u -t-foo file
emacs-24.2 -Q file

M-x toggle-read-only

Enter some text in the buffer, eg now it looks like:

-----
initial
foobar
-----

Press C-x v v, and "foobar" is deleted with no prompting and no way to
get it back.

I changed vc-mistrust-permissions to t for 24.3 because of this.
But now that I check, it doesn't seem to help...

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