GNU bug report logs - #39452
[PATCH] vc-git-state fails for filenames with wildcards

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 14:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #47 received at 39452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: npostavs <at> gmail.com, 39452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Wolfgang.Scherer <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#39452: [PATCH] vc-git-state fails for filenames with wildcards
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:59:41 +0200

On 14.02.2020 11:37, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I also tend towards the latter, especially since (AFAIU) we don't
> prevent users from using the Git magic signatures in file-name specs
> (where it makes sense), in which case we'd need some code to detect
> and combine signatures.

Could you clarify? What commands and backend actions expect or 
intentionally allow file-name specs instead of file-names verbatim?

Aside from vc-ignore, I suppose. Which won't be affected either way.
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