GNU bug report logs - #37215
[PATCH] vc-cvs-ignore writes absolute filenames and duplicate strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Wolfgang Scherer <Wolfgang.Scherer <at> gmx.de>

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at 37215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#37215: [PATCH] vc-cvs-ignore writes absolute filenames and
 duplicate strings
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:44:56 +0100

Am 21.02.20 um 11:16 schrieb Dmitry Gutov:
> On 21.02.2020 11:31, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Also, I'd mention that FILE can be a pattern, otherwise the reference
>> to patterns might come as a surprise to the reader.
>
> And, if we accept the patch from a neighboring bug report, it will never be an absolute file name.
I am not aware of that bug report.

Currently absolute file names still come in via  vc-dir-ignore . I'd
rather not document a possible future, since it seems hard enough to
document the current state ;-)

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