GNU bug report logs - #3807
23.1.50; vc-dir ignores .gitignore

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:45:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 8179, 8603, 18514, 42966

Found in versions 23.3.50, 24.0.50, 24.3, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3807: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:14:20 +0100

Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I use git to manage some files (.emacs, .bashrc etc.) in my home
> directory and hg for a project in a directory named ~/lisp/slime/.
> I have both, a ~/.git and a ~/lisp/slime/.hg directory
> and my ~/.gitignore contains a line with: lisp* 
>
> However when I invoke C-x v d on ~/lisp/slime, a buffer
> pops up with the first (wrong) line:  VC backend : Git
> and lists most of the files from the ~/lisp/slime directory
> as "unregistered".  Obviously, I would prefer to use the hg backend
> for the ~/lisp/slime directory.

This has now been fixed in Emacs 28 in bug#42966, I think.

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