GNU bug report logs - #39380
26.3: Opening files in vc-dir-mode with differing root and working dir fails

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 00:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Wolfgang Scherer <Wolfgang.Scherer <at> gmx.de>, 39380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39380: 26.3: Opening files in vc-dir-mode with differing root and working dir fails
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.
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