GNU bug report logs - #51711
28.0.60; rgrep fails to pass the search directory to rgrep-default-command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 10:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.60

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From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 51711 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, DG <raaahh <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#51711: 28.0.60; rgrep fails to pass the search directory to rgrep-default-command
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:48:12 +1300
On 2021-11-11 13:17, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> This only matters when grep-find-ignored-directories or
> grep-find-ignored-files have been customized to cons values
> with functions, right?

Yes, I believe so.

> Does the below patch work for you? I suppose the answer depends
> on whether the functions in the customized car values will know
> what to do with ".".

Unfortunately I think "." will (at best) be recognised as the
default-directory for the buffer from which the rgrep command was
initiated -- there's no way for it to derive the specified search
directory from that.






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