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[VC] ‘vc-git-root’ is too lax

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: bug#13866: closed (Re: bug#13866: [VC] ‘vc-git-root’
 is too lax)
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:18:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#13866: [VC] ‘vc-git-root’ is too lax

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 13866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 13866-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13866: [VC] ‘vc-git-root’ is
	too lax
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:16:55 +0100

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> skribis:

> ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> ‘vc-git-root’ as found in Emacs 24.2.1 is too lax: when called from a
>> non-Git directory under $HOME, it ends up returning ~/ because users
>> normally have a ~/.git directory holding a config file.
>
> Do they?  Who created it?

I did, but now I realize that ~/.gitconfig is what matters nowadays (or
maybe ~/.git/config never mattered, even.)

Sorry for the noise.

Ludo’.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: bug-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [VC] ‘vc-git-root’ is too lax
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:50:50 +0100

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Hello,

‘vc-git-root’ as found in Emacs 24.2.1 is too lax: when called from a
non-Git directory under $HOME, it ends up returning ~/ because users
normally have a ~/.git directory holding a config file.

A better definition would be something like this:

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Thanks,
Ludo’.

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