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vc-mtn to use "mtn automate"

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Message #26 received at 6513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Julio Merino <jmmv84 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, era eriksson <era <at> iki.fi>
Subject: Re: bug#6513: vc-mtn broken with monotone 0.48 (can't even open files)
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:57:59 -0400

Julio Merino <jmmv84 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:19 AM, era eriksson wrote:
>
>> According to downstream Debian bug #590262 it only fails the first
>> time
>> you try to visit the file; trying again supposedly succeeds.
>>
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590262
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>
> I have found the following to be a better workaround:

A better workaround is to disable the monotone backend:

(setq vc-handled-backends (delq 'Mtn vc-handled-backends))


> ; Trick vc-mtn into not finding monotone.  It's currently completely
> broken
> ; with monotone 0.48.
> (setq vc-mtn-program "non-existent")
> -----
>
> Still, I'd love to see this fixed.

Do you want to take a stab at it?
Just need to modify the parser for the mtn command...

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