Subject: Re: bug#41572: 28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with file .emacs-project

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:49:29 +0200

> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:29:15 +0200
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> From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
> 
> >> But if we just compare with the other builtin ('transient'), then its
> >> VC awareness is probably the key thing. And the customization options it
> >> has (which 'transient' doesn't).
> > AFAIU, the 'transient' builtin also works with projects whose shape is a
> > directory tree, right?  If so, how is 'transient' different from the
> > 'VC-aware' type?
> 
> That's right.

So you are saying that 'VC-aware' is like 'transient', but it will use a VCS
if it's available?  Then I guess 'VC-aware' is a good name for it.

> So if we are comparing against 'transient' only, then VC awareness is 
> probably the key thing. And the customization options.

Do we have other types to compare against?