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#41572
28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with file .emacs-project
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Reported by: Zhu Zihao <cjpeople2013 <at> gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 04:46:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Merged with 54228
Found in versions 28.0.50, 29.0.50
Fixed in version 29.1
Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:30:15 +0200
> Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, rudi <at> constantly.at, eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net,
> cjpeople2013 <at> gmail.com, theo <at> thornhill.no, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es,
> joaotavora <at> gmail.com, manuel.uberti <at> inventati.org, juri <at> linkov.net,
> salutis <at> me.com, arstoffel <at> gmail.com, 41572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
>
> > If this type of project doesn't have to be "backed by a VCS", then what does
> > distinguish it from other types of projects?
>
> It difficult to come up with a name using a principle like that when the
> preceding effort was made to be able to accommodate the projects of
> different users with new usage patterns.
>
> It is "VC aware" or maybe "VC friendly", and it works with projects in
> the shape of directory trees. But both characterizations can apply to
> e.g. Projectile as well. Except the latter is probably more flexible,
> and our backend is probably faster, especially over Tramp.
>
> 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?
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