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

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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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, juri <at> linkov.net, 68183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tom <at> tromey.com, spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name
Subject: bug#68183: 28.3; vc-dir fails when I have a certain branch checked out
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:46:56 +0300

> From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev,  68183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  tom <at> tromey.com,
>   spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name,  juri <at> linkov.net
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:15:06 +0200
> 
> +---
> +*** VC Directory buffers now display the upstream branch in Git repositories.
> +The "upstream branch" is the branch 'vc-pull' fetches changes from by
> +default.  In Git terms, the upstream branch of branch B is determined by
> +configuration variables branch.B.remote and branch.B.merge.

That's okay, with the following nit: I find phrases like "the branch
'vc-pull' fetches changes from by default" hard to grasp.  I prefer
rephrasing to make the grammar simpler:

  The "upstream branch" is the branch from which 'vc-pull' fetches
  changes by default.
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