GNU bug report logs - #19343
25.0.50; [vc-git] Unregistered file becomes `up-to-date' in vc-dir buffer after editing and saving

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Message #20 received at 19343 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19343 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19343: 25.0.50;
 [vc-git] Unregistered file becomes `up-to-date'
 in vc-dir buffer	after editing and saving
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:11:03 +0200

On 12/17/2014 05:40 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Why can't we use --ignored when it's available?  It doesn't feel right
> to me to punish users of newer versions just because someone else out
> there might not have such a version.

Sure we can, it's just more code complexity to support different code paths.

Considering there hasn't been many user complaints about either issue 
(vc-git-state never returns `ignored'; vc-git-dir-status-files is slower 
that it could be), maybe that's not worth it. Waiting a few years would 
be easier.

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