GNU bug report logs - #41572
28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with file .emacs-project

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
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
Subject: bug#41572: 28.0.50; [PATCH] Support plain project marked with file .emacs-project
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:49:29 +0200

> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:29:15 +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>
> 
> >> 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?

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