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24.5; VC Subversion interface does not work if subvesion uses passtype gpg-agent

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Message #8 received at 34197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Lars Madsen <daleif <at> math.au.dk>
Cc: 34197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34197: 24.5; VC Subversion interface does not work if
 subvesion uses passtype gpg-agent
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:18:26 +0100

Lars Madsen <daleif <at> math.au.dk> writes:

> My problem is explained here
>
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/47396/21457
>
> Basically when subversion uses passtype gpg-agent then emacs cannot
> communicate with subversion as long as `--non-interactive` is being
> used (in vc-svn-global-switches)
>
> Switching it to `--force-interactive` worked for me.
>
> Note I have no issues when subversion is using passtype simple (aka
> plaintext password)

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

I'm not quite sure what's to be done here -- if altering
vc-svn-global-switches to fit your needs fixes the problem, is there
anything to be done on the Emacs side?  Could Emacs auto-detect this
situation somehow?

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