GNU bug report logs - #40967
27.0.50; vc-diff in indirect buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathan Moreau <nathan.moreau <at> m4x.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Nathan Moreau <nathan.moreau <at> m4x.org>, 40967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40967: 27.0.50; vc-diff in indirect buffers
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:13:03 +0300

On 29.04.2020 21:01, Nathan Moreau wrote:
> Reproduction steps:
> ===============
> run emacs -Q
> open any file-under-version-control
> M-x clone-indirect-buffer
> In the new buffer, run vc-diff fails with `vc-deduce-fileset: Buffer
> [...] is not associated with a file`

I'm not sure we really want to support that workflow. Or else a lot of 
commands would have to be changed the same way, inside and outside of VC.

But opinions welcome.
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