GNU bug report logs - #4207
23.1; vc-dir with git uses wrong base directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 1589, 2055, 2641, 3088, 3359

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 4207 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 4207 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4207: 23.1; vc-dir with git uses wrong base directory
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:01:59 -0700 (PDT)

merge 1589 4207 3359
quit

Tom Tromey <tromey <at> redhat.com> writes:

  > I have a git working tree.
  > 
  > I ran vc-dir on a subdirectory of this tree.
  > 
  > In *vc-dir*, I go to an edited file and type '='.
  > 
  > Emacs says: No changes between working revision and workfile
  > 
  > However, if I look at *Messages*, I can see from the "Finding changes"
  > output that VC is examining the wrong file -- the subdirectory's name
  > appears twice in the computed file name.
  > 
  > E.g., the message says:
  > 
  > Finding changes in /home/tromey/gnu/archer/archer/gdb/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c...
  > 
  > ... but no such file exists, the file is actually called
  > 
  >     /home/tromey/gnu/archer/archer/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c
  > 
  > (one less "gdb" in there)

Thanks, this is the same issue as bug 1589
This bug report was last modified 15 years and 115 days ago.

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