GNU bug report logs - #23344
25.0.93; (vc-call-backend 'Git 'mode-line-string default-directory)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.93

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>, 23344-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23344: 25.0.93; (vc-call-backend 'Git 'mode-line-string
 default-directory)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 22:22:19 +0300

Hi Leo,

On 04/23/2016 05:32 PM, Leo Liu wrote:

> 1. Open a directory under git in dired and eval
> 2. (progn (vc-file-clearprops default-directory)
>           (vc-call-backend 'Git 'mode-line-string default-directory))
> 3. observe the odd string: "Git-04030c40afcef0b9b41fd79ad094c4a7d2c2cc27master"

Thanks for the report. I've fixed it in 87ee542.

Is there a particular place where you're calling `mode-line-string' on a 
directory, though?

The return value in this case is poorly defined, because the string 
includes a character indicator of the current VC state of FILE, and the 
VC API doesn't define VC states for directories.
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