GNU bug report logs - #1589
23.0.60; vc-dir erroneously reports "No changes between working revision and workfile"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:55:39 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 2055, 2641, 3088, 3359, 4207

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 1589 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Eric Hanchrow" <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
To: 1589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Possible fix
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:28:55 -0800

The fix might be as simple as this.  I'll use this for a while and see
how it goes.

diff --git a/lisp/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc-git.el
index efb59ac..bfcc5a9 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-git.el
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ If nil, use the value of `vc-diff-switches'.  If
t, use no switches."
      (vc-git-command (current-buffer) 'async files "ls-files" "-z" "-o" "-i"
                      "--directory" "--no-empty-directory"
"--exclude-standard" "--"))
     ('diff-index
-     (vc-git-command (current-buffer) 'async files "diff-index" "-z"
"-M" "HEAD" "--")))
+     (vc-git-command (current-buffer) 'async files "diff-index"
+		     "--relative"
+		     "-z" "-M" "HEAD" "--")))
   (vc-exec-after
    `(vc-git-after-dir-status-stage (quote ,stage) (quote ,files)
(quote ,update-function))))
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