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vc-git-register not working when passed a directory argument

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Message #8 received at 2678 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2678: 23.0.91; vc-next-action in vc-dir acts strangely when only adds are necessary
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:59:50 -0700 (PDT)

Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org> writes:

  > [Note: I have Dan's patch for fixing whole-directory vc-dir commit in
  > Git applied, though I don't think it should affect the following, as it
  > relates to final commit.]
  > 
  > If I have a vc-dir buffer showing a tree where the only entries are new
  > files (not yet registered with source-control):
  > 
  >    VC backend : Git
  >    Working dir: /tmp/zonk/
  >    Branch     : master
  > 
  >                             ./
  >         unregistered        llll
  >         unregistered        oiuoiu
  > 
  > Then hitting "v" on the first line of the buffer acts strangely -- I'd
  > expect it to simply register all these files with source control, but in
  > fact, it simply appears to do nothing.
  > 
  > There are actually several behaviors (though it always does nothing in
  > the end).  If this is the first time I've tried to do this, it just
  > displays a message like "Registering (/tmp/zonk/)... done" [where
  > "/tmp/zonk2" is the root of the working directory in question] but
  > doesn't seem to really do it.

This is a vc-git.el problem, vc-git-register does not register the files.
Try the same thing with, say, mercurial and it work.

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