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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>
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On 28/11/2022 16:49, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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.
I suppose so. Great!
>> 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?
I mentioned Projectile a few messages ago.
It's a popular alternative that, with the last release, also plugs into
project-find-functions and thus works as a new project.el backend.
But it's third-party.
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