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29.0.90; project-find-file's future history breaks with common-parent-directory

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Message #80 received at 63829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, 63829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sbaugh <at> catern.com
Subject: Re: bug#63829: 29.0.90; project-find-file's future history breaks
 with common-parent-directory
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:20:12 +0300

> +(defcustom project-file-name-history-relativize nil
> +  "If non-nil, paths in `file-name-history' are adjusted for the current project.
> +
> +When non-nil and in `project-find-file' or `project-find-dir',
> +paths in `file-name-history' are adjusted to be relative to
> +whatever the current project is, instead of the project which
> +added those paths.  This only affects history entries added by
> +earlier calls to `project-find-file' or `project-find-dir'.
> +
> +When `project-read-file-name-function' is
> +`project--read-file-cpd-relative' (the default), this has the
> +effect of sharing more history between projects.")

Instead of, or in addition to 'project-file-name-history-relativize',
another option may be needed to define whether to check the
existence of the constructed file name.  This could help
to filter out irrelevant file names constructed from
different projects.

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