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27.1; dir-locals.el stay on file-local-variables-alist when using vc-mode

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>,
 GNU Debbugs <control <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas <rosen644835 <at> gmail.com>,
 44698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44698: 27.1; dir-locals.el stay on
 file-local-variables-alist when using vc-mode
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:22:33 -0400

unarchive 44698
thanks

Hi,

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

> Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas <rosen644835 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> While using vc-mode, the dir-locals.el variables under 'nil' mode are
>> accumulated on file-local-variables-alist and they still apply after
>> exiting the scope of the file.  The attached script can be used to
>> reproduce it (Emacs 27.1, on GNU Guix
>> f6e031ab36fd99ad3536caabfdaefcc2b5f606a1).
>>
>> It generates a temporary folder with two example git repositories, an
>> offending dir-locals.el[1], launches an emacs with -Q and the shows
>> the steps to follow:
>>
>> 1. Open p1/file and accept the .dir-locals.el variables.
>> 2. Call vc-print-log
>> 3. Check the file-local-variables-alist
>> 4. Open p2/file (this one doesn't have .dir-locals.el).
>> 5. Call vc-print-log again, the message is shown again.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Miguel
>>
>> [1] It contains: ((nil . ((eval (message "Eval called")))))
>
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> at the time.)
>
> I tried to reproduce this with both Emacs 27.1 and Emacs 29, and I was
> unable to -- in step 5), there's no message, and p2/file does not have
> anything in file-local-variables-alist.
>
> Are you still seeing this problem in recent Emacs versions?

I tried the reproducer again on my side, and I can reproduce the issue
(that the file-local-variables-alist is leaked from p1/file to p2/file).

I'm thus reopening the ticket.

I used the current 'emacs' package from Guix to test, which is at
version 28.1.

Thanks!

Maxim

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