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[PATCH] vc-cvs-ignore writes absolute filenames and duplicate strings

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From: Wolfgang Scherer <Wolfgang.Scherer <at> gmx.de>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#37215: [PATCH] vc-cvs-ignore writes absolute filenames and duplicate strings
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:02:05 +0100

Am 15.02.20 um 13:55 schrieb Dmitry Gutov:
> On 15.02.2020 9:44, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> I
>> don't think it's wise to make this patch wait for untangling the more
>> general vc-ignore issues.
>
> And I'm hoping this patch will fit the current contract of vc-ignore (however imprecise it is), rather than the redesigned one.

Unfortunately, I have no idea, what that contract is. Could you state it for me?

The attached patch fits the use case, where pressing "G" in vc-dir-mode sends a relative or absolute file path to vc-ignore, which passes it along to vc-cvs-ignore. The patch correctly identifies the ignore file and writes the correct filename part (basename).

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