From unknown Mon Jun 16 23:30:45 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#2893 <2893@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#2893 <2893@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails Reply-To: bug#2893 <2893@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:30:45 +0000 retitle 2893 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails reassign 2893 emacs submitter 2893 David Abrahams severity 2893 normal thanks From dave@boostpro.com Sun Apr 5 09:19:04 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Apr 2009 16:19:04 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n35GJ0cN004308 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:19:02 -0700 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:33391) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LqV3j-000347-OA for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqV3g-0003d1-AT for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:59 -0400 Received: from boost-consulting.com ([206.71.190.141]:50853) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqV3f-0003cb-R7 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:56 -0400 Received: from zreba.local (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com [207.172.223.249]) (Authenticated sender: dave) by boost-consulting.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB22C1CC22; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by zreba.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6586F2BB87D; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:18:52 -0400 (EDT) From: David Abrahams To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Subject: 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:52 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (darwin) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) 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@gnu.org mailing list. Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: I did `M-x v =' and got this: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) expand-file-name(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) file-relative-name(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) vc-git-diff(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*") apply(vc-git-diff (("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*")) vc-call-backend(Git diff ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*") vc-diff-internal(t (Git ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) nil nil t) vc-diff(nil t) call-interactively(vc-diff nil nil) If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, please include the output from the following gdb commands: `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG for instructions. In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, NS apple-appkit-949.43) of 2009-03-05 on black.local Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949 configured using `configure '--with-ns'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Emacs-Lisp Minor modes in effect: diff-auto-refine-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t show-paren-mode: t server-mode: t global-auto-revert-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-x C-n M-< C-s C-x C-p G C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p s p p s s s s C-s g n u s C-a C-p s M-> C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n M-> C-SPC M-< M-w C-p C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-s a n d b a 5 4 a c k C-n C-n C-n M-x m a g i b u g r e - r e p C-g C-g C-x C-n C-x C-p C-x b * G r C-g C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 C-x C-n C-s u n s t a g e C-a C-p C-p C-p C-p C-x C-p U C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p p n p n p n C-x C-b C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-x C-b C-x v = C-a C-x v = C-x C-n C-x C-n C-p C-SPC C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n M-w C-x C-p M-x r e p o r t - e m a Recent messages: Quit [3 times] Mark saved where search started `working-revision' not found: using the old `workfile-version' instead Mark set Finding changes in /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... file-relative-name: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") Debug on Error enabled globally Finding changes in /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... Entering debugger... Mark set -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com From dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu Sun Apr 5 23:49:12 2009 Received: (at 2893) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Apr 2009 06:49:12 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA,HAS_BUG_NUMBER, X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (sallyv2.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.120]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n366n9an024952 for <2893@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 23:49:10 -0700 Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n366mvDo021494; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 23:48:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n366mutw009030; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 23:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200904060648.n366mutw009030@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> From: Dan Nicolaescu To: David Abrahams Cc: 2893@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#2893: 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails References: X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes In-Reply-To: (David Abrahams's message of "Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:18:52 -0400") Lines: 117 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n366mvDo021494 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu David Abrahams 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@gnu.org mailing list. > > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug > and the precise symptoms of the bug: > > I did `M-x v =' and got this: Is the above actually `C-x v =' ? Can you please show how to reproduce this step by step starting from "emacs -Q"? Can you reproduce the problem on GNU/Linux? > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) > expand-file-name(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) > file-relative-name(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) > vc-git-diff(("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*") > apply(vc-git-diff (("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*")) > vc-call-backend(Git diff ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") nil nil "*vc-diff*") > vc-diff-internal(t (Git ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el")) nil nil t) > vc-diff(nil t) > call-interactively(vc-diff nil nil) > > > If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, > please include the output from the following gdb commands: > `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. > If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG for instructions. > > > In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, NS apple-appkit-949.43) > of 2009-03-05 on black.local > Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.949 > configured using `configure '--with-ns'' > > Important settings: > value of $LC_ALL: nil > value of $LC_COLLATE: nil > value of $LC_CTYPE: nil > value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil > value of $LC_MONETARY: nil > value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil > value of $LC_TIME: nil > value of $LANG: nil > value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > locale-coding-system: nil > default-enable-multibyte-characters: t > > Major mode: Emacs-Lisp > > Minor modes in effect: > diff-auto-refine-mode: t > shell-dirtrack-mode: t > show-paren-mode: t > server-mode: t > global-auto-revert-mode: t > delete-selection-mode: t > tooltip-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t > global-auto-composition-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent input: > C-x C-n M-< C-s C-x C-p G C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p s p p s s s s C-s g n u > s C-a C-p s M-> C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n M-> C-SPC M-< M-w C-p C-n C-n > C-n C-p C-p C-s a n d b a 5 > 4 a c k C-n C-n C-n M-x m a g i b u g > r e > - r e p C-g C-g C-x C-n > C-x C-p C-x b * G r C-g C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 C-x C-n C-s u n s t > a g e C-a C-p C-p C-p C-p C-x C-p U C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > p n p n p n C-x C-b C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-x C-b C-x v = > > C-a > C-x v = C-x C-n C-x C-n C-p > C-SPC C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n M-w C-x C-p > M-x r e p o r t - e m a > > Recent messages: > Quit [3 times] > Mark saved where search started > `working-revision' not found: using the old `workfile-version' instead > Mark set > Finding changes in /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... > file-relative-name: Wrong type argument: stringp, ("/Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el") > Debug on Error enabled globally > Finding changes in /Users/dave/src/elisp.repo/elisp/custom.el... > Entering debugger... > Mark set > > -- > Dave Abrahams > BoostPro Computing > http://www.boostpro.com From dave@boostpro.com Mon Apr 6 02:11:48 2009 Received: (at 2893) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Apr 2009 09:11:48 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from boost-consulting.com (boost-consulting.com [206.71.190.141]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n369BjTh000623 for <2893@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 02:11:46 -0700 Received: from [192.168.188.150] (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com [207.172.223.249]) (Authenticated sender: dave) by boost-consulting.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 375991CC28; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 02:09:49 -0700 (PDT) From: David Abrahams To: Dan Nicolaescu In-Reply-To: <200904060648.n366mutw009030@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> Subject: Re: bug#2893: 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails References: <200904060648.n366mutw009030@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> Message-Id: <717F51FB-1BE3-4DD5-9D53-562A6DF78D5D@boostpro.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.4) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:11:43 -0400 Cc: 2893@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.4) Sorry, I think this report was invalid. I had an old git-vc.elc (IIRC) lying around from before the .el file was moved into emacs from the Git project. On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > David Abrahams 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@gnu.org >> mailing list. >> >> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug >> and the precise symptoms of the bug: >> >> I did `M-x v =' and got this: > > Is the above actually `C-x v =' ? > > Can you please show how to reproduce this step by step starting from > "emacs -Q"? > Can you reproduce the problem on GNU/Linux? -- David Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://boostpro.com From dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu Mon Apr 6 05:28:49 2009 Received: (at 2893-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Apr 2009 12:28:49 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA,HAS_BUG_NUMBER, X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (sallyv2.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.120]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n36CSlnW023941 for <2893-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:28:48 -0700 Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n36CSaM6012511; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:28:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n36CSZUZ013501; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200904061228.n36CSZUZ013501@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> From: Dan Nicolaescu To: 2893-done@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: David Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#2893: 23.0.91; vc-diff on git-controlled file fails References: <200904060648.n366mutw009030@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <717F51FB-1BE3-4DD5-9D53-562A6DF78D5D@boostpro.com> X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes In-Reply-To: <717F51FB-1BE3-4DD5-9D53-562A6DF78D5D@boostpro.com> (David Abrahams's message of "Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:11:43 -0400") Lines: 5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n36CSaM6012511 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu David Abrahams writes: > Sorry, I think this report was invalid. I had an old git-vc.elc > (IIRC) lying around from before the .el file was moved into emacs from > the Git project. From unknown Mon Jun 16 23:30:45 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: $requester Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # A New Hope # A log time ago, in a galaxy far, far away # something happened. # # Magically this resulted in the following # action being taken, but this fake control # message doesn't tell you why it happened # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator