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23.0.92; vc-git loses track of the current working directory

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From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Cc: rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: 23.0.92; vc-git loses track of the current working directory
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:05:38 +0900

Hi,

Consider the following directory layout of a git working copy:

a
|-- .git
`-- b
    `-- c

where "c" is a file already added into the git index.

Then, go under "b", run "emacs -Q", modify "c", and M-x vc-dir.
Emacs shows:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
VC backend : Git
Working dir: /tmp/a/b/
Branch     : master

                         ./
                         b/
     edited              b/c

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This looks weird and most of the VC commands against "b/c" fails.
For example, when I type "i" it fails with:

  error: b/b/c: does not exist and --remove not passed
  fatal: Unable to process path b/b/c

In the minibuffer:

  vc-do-command: Running git update-index --add -- b/c...FAILED (status 128)

It looks like that vc-git should chdir to the GIT_DIR before running
"git update-index", or remove "b/" from the relative path?

In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7)
 of 2009-04-12 on elegiac, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20090411-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10402000
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Daiki Ueno

Message #8 received at 3088 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>
Cc: 3088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#3088: 23.0.92; vc-git loses track of the current working directory
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:03:45 -0700 (PDT)

merge 1589 3088
quit

Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org> writes:

  > Hi,
  > 
  > Consider the following directory layout of a git working copy:
  > 
  > a
  > |-- .git
  > `-- b
  >     `-- c
  > 
  > where "c" is a file already added into the git index.
  > 
  > Then, go under "b", run "emacs -Q", modify "c", and M-x vc-dir.
  > Emacs shows:
  > 
  > VC backend : Git
  > Working dir: /tmp/a/b/
  > Branch     : master
  > 
  >                          ./
  >                          b/
  >      edited              b/c
  > 
  > 
  > This looks weird and most of the VC commands against "b/c" fails.
  > For example, when I type "i" it fails with:
  > 
  >   error: b/b/c: does not exist and --remove not passed
  >   fatal: Unable to process path b/b/c
  > 
  > In the minibuffer:
  > 
  >   vc-do-command: Running git update-index --add -- b/c...FAILED (status 128)
  > 
  > It looks like that vc-git should chdir to the GIT_DIR before running
  > "git update-index", or remove "b/" from the relative path?

Thanks, this is the same issue as bug 1589.

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