GNU bug report logs - #68183
28.3; vc-dir fails when I have a certain branch checked out

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.3

Done: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>

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From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 68183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68183: 28.3; vc-dir fails when I have a certain branch checked out
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 13:14:42 -0700

Eli> Thanks, but I think we'd appreciate a reproducible recipe for this:
Eli> how can one create a Git repository which can be used to reproduce
Eli> this issue?

This worked for me:

$ cd ~/Emacs/trunk
# This is my Emacs git repository
$ git checkout --track -b vc-dir-bug master
branch 'vc-dir-bug' set up to track 'master'.
Switched to a new branch 'vc-dir-bug'


Now invoke vc-dir on that directory.

Tom
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