Subject: Re: bug#39380: 26.3: Opening files in vc-dir-mode with differing root and working dir fails

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 10:20:39 +0300

On 01.02.2020 3:13, Wolfgang Scherer wrote:
> 3. Press `C-x v d RET`, which will show a "Working dir" different from "Root":
> 
>     .. code-block:: text
> 
>        Working dir: check-hgs/sub1/
>        Root       : check-hgs
> 
>                             ./
>                             sub1/
>        unregistered         sub1/a
>                             sub2/
>        unregistered         sub2/x

Maybe this should be fixed in vc-hg-status-files by not showing 
"outside" files and using proper relative names.

Compare how VC-Dir works with Git: when you open it in a subdirectory, 
it only shows changed files in that directory, and with proper relative 
names.