GNU bug report logs - #18709
24.3; vc-revert inconsistency in *vc-dir*

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: <dougl <at> shubertticketing.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:30:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: <dougl <at> shubertticketing.com>
Cc: 18709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18709: 24.3; vc-revert inconsistency in *vc-dir*
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 19:01:32 +0200

<dougl <at> shubertticketing.com> writes:

> In a *vc-dir* buffer:
> 1. Mark a buffer with 2 or more changed files.
> 2. Invoke vc-revert.
> 3. See prompt "Discard changes in 1 file? (yes or no) ".
> 4. Confirm with "yes".
> 5. Get the following messages, the last of which signals an error.
>     Finding changes in /devel/dougl/...
>     Reverting /devel/dougl/ttwork/es/...
>     Checking out /devel/dougl/ttwork/es/...
>     vc-default-revert: Non-regular file: cannot write to a directory., /devel/dougl/...

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately have not received
any responses yet.)

I tried reproducing this bug in Emacs 27, but I was unable to.  Are you
still seeing this problem?

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