GNU bug report logs - #42966
28.0.50; vc-dir: wrong backend

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sds <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:16:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 3807, 8179, 8603, 18514

Found in versions 23.3.50, 24.0.50, 24.3, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: sds <at> gnu.org, 42966 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#42966: 28.0.50; vc-dir: wrong backend
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:58:46 +0100

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

> Indeed, it just seems like the Right Thing to Do, not a hack.
> Not having been paying attention, I was surprised to see the adopted solution
> goes for "loop over every VC backend, and every directory up the tree,
> then filter the results", rather than "walk up the directory tree,
> stopping when a backend claims responsibility".

That would be the natural thing to do, but would be an incompatible
interface change.  (Only important for out-of-tree backends, though.)

And it would require tweaking a handful of the in-tree backends; see the
overview I posted the other week, but it didn't look complicated.

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