GNU bug report logs - #63648
29.0.90; project.el: with switch-use-entire-map, switch-project errors on non-project commands

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, 63648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63648: 29.0.90; project.el: with switch-use-entire-map, switch-project errors on non-project commands
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 20:44:14 +0300

>>>> So a similar function could remember 'project-current-directory-override'
>>>> for the next command.
>>>
>>> But we were talking about "regular" commands, right? Those don't know
>>> anything about project-current-directory-override.
>>
>> Any command indeed.  They should use the temporarily set default-directory.
>
> Actually, instead of 'project-current-directory-override' I meant
> 'default-directory'.  But probably this is impossible to do
> because of these restrictions:
>
> 1. the current buffer should remain the same for the next command;
> 2. the buffer-local value of 'default-directory' should remain the same;
> 3. the next command should have a new value of 'default-directory'.
>
> I see no way to satisfy all these requirements.

Except adding a variable like 'project-current-directory-override'
somewhere inside 'command_loop_1'.

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