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29.0.60; New buffers created with project-switch-to-buffer aren't in the project

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 62974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62974: 29.0.60; New buffers created with
 project-switch-to-buffer aren't in the project
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 02:55:47 +0300

On 20/04/2023 21:55, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Spencer Baugh<sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
>> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:37:26 -0400
>>
>>
>> 1. emacs -Q (in a directory not in a project)
>> 2. Note current default-directory: some/dir
>> 3. C-x p b (so that it will prompt for a project)
>> 4. Select some project and RET
>> 5. Enter a nonexisting buffer name and RET
>> 6. The new buffer's default-directory is some/dir
>>
>> Expected behavior:
>> 6. The new buffer's default-directory is the project root of the project
>> you picked.
> ??Really?  project.el changes the way Emacs creates new buffers?  Is
> there a reason for such a deviation (if indeed there is a deviation)?
> Because otherwise my expectation would exactly what you see, because
> "C-x b" behaves like that.

Perhaps the idea is that the newly created buffer will be considered as 
belonging to the project right away?

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