GNU bug report logs - #52507
[PATCH] Option for vc-delete-file to keep file on disk

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ashwin Kafle <ashwin <at> ashwink.com.np>

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 52508

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #55 received at 52507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ashwin Kafle <ashwin <at> ashwink.com.np>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 52507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ashwin Kafle <ashwin <at> ashwink.com.np>
Subject: Re: bug#52507: [PATCH] Option for vc-delete-file to keep file on disk
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:23:18 +0000

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> --cached can't be used anyway, because vc commands doesn't use the git index.

It's not --cached that is the problem.  Even the unpatched
vc-delete-file effectively uses --cached because the file is removed
while backuping and never brought back for git to delete it.

Say you use the current vc-delete-file and then immediately restore it
from backup (before commiting).  VC will show the file as unregistered.
I think this behavior of vc should be fixed instead.
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