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25.2; vc-dired in SVN hides up-to-date files

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31460 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31460: 25.2; vc-dired in SVN hides up-to-date files
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 15:16:43 +0300

On 5/15/18 3:49 PM, Francesco Potortì wrote:

>>> on an svn-controlled directory which is completely updated only
>>> shows unregistered files.
>>
>> Or changed, deleted, etc.
> 
> Well, yes, by updated I mean that all changes have been committed.

Committed when? And how?

>>> Files that are up-to-date are hidden and
>>> apparently there is no command to unhide them (they should be shown by
>>> default, in fact).
>>
>> We don't show the up-to-date files, unless they have been recently edited.
> 
> Even if they have been recently edited, as far as I can see they are not
> shown any more once the changes have been committed.

That might be a peculiarity of the SVN backend. Hopefully someone will 
investigate.

When I commit changes in a Git repo (inside Emacs), the recently-edited 
files stay in the buffer.

> Okay, but this is an argument in favor of the current default.  The
> problem is that I don't find a command to unhide the up-to-date files,
> which in my case is what I usually need, and no way to change the
> default.
> 
> I think there should be a customisable variable indicating what's hidden
> by default, and a command to unhide all files (for example X, or C-ux).

Ehh, keeping a history of the file hiding? That could work, but not if 
the problem is in a different place (see above).

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