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[PATCH] vc-git-state fails for filenames with wildcards

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Message #50 received at 39452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
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 16:14:41 +0200

> Cc: npostavs <at> gmail.com, 39452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Wolfgang.Scherer <at> gmx.de
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> 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?

Any command that prompts for a file name, I guess.  vc-delete-file and
vc-rename-file come to mind.

But my comment was more general: we don't plan on not supporting Git
specs in file names, do we?

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