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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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1589: 23.0.60; vc-dir erroneously reports "No changes between working revision and workfile"
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:14:18 -0800 (PST)

Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com> writes:

  > Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
  > usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
  > 
  > Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org mailing list.
  > 
  > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
  > and the precise symptoms of the bug:
  > 
  > Edit the third line of this script to point to your Emacs, and then run it.
  > 
  >   #!/bin/sh -x
  > 
  >   EMACS=/usr/local/src/emacs-with-my-tweaks.git/src/emacs
  > 
  >   cd /tmp
  >   rm -rf xyzzy
  > 
  >   mkdir xyzzy
  >   cd xyzzy
  >   git init
  >   mkdir Jack Jill
  >   touch Jack/it Jill/it
  >   git add .
  >   git commit -m "golly!"
  >   echo More stuff >> Jack/it
  >   cd Jill
  > 
  >   git status
  >   # You should see this output:
  >   
  >   # On branch master
  >   # Changed but not updated:
  >   #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  >   #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
  >   #
  >   #       modified:   ../Jack/it
  >   #
  > 
  >   $EMACS -Q \
  >       --eval '(cd "/tmp/xyzzy/Jill")' \
  >       --eval '(vc-dir "/tmp/xyzzy/Jill")'
  > 
  >   # note that we're now looking at something like
  > 
  >   #   VC backend : Git
  >   #   Working dir: /tmp/xyzzy/Jill/
  >   #   Branch     : master
  >   #   
  >   #                             ./
  >   #                             Jack/
  >   #        edited               Jack/it
  >   #   
  >   #   

This is not a vc-dir problem, but a vc-git.el problem.  vc-dir just
displays whatever vc-git-dir-status returns.  In this case
vc-git-dir-status should not return anything about "Jack". 


  >   # That seems a bit odd, since the name "Jack/it" doesn't name anything
  >   # at all when interpreted relative to /tmp/xyzzy/Jill.
  > 
  >   # Furthermore, if you move point to "Jack/it" (by typing "n" twice),
  >   # and then invoke vc-diff by typing "=", Emacs will respond with "No
  >   # changes between working revision and workfile", which is wrong; the
  >   # file is indeed modified.

I'm guessing this is just an artifact because of the previous
problem...
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