GNU bug report logs - #5345
Password asked when visiting a file in a lightweight checkout

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 02:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #70 received at 5345 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 5345 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5345: Password asked when visiting a file in a
	lightweight	checkout
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:07:37 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> > Can handling as a remote file name be disabled?
>> > The code path in question makes sense when the file is local, if the
>> > file is remote, then just running the corresponding bzr command won't
>> > make a difference.
>> 
>> Adding "/:" at the top of the file name is one way. Another (maybe more
>> common) is let-binding `file-name-handler-alist' to nil.
>
> But the latter is too gross, isn't it?  `file-name-handler-alist'
> could hold anything, not just handlers for remote files.

You do it only when you are sure it does not hurt. Wrapping a call to
`file-exists-p', for example.

Best regards, Michael.
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