GNU bug report logs - #73801
31.0.50; project-try-vc sometimes set wrong cache project-vc-extra-root-markers

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Message #31 received at 73801-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: i <at> fuzy.me, 73801-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73801: 31.0.50; project-try-vc sometimes set wrong cache
 project-vc-extra-root-markers
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 02:49:24 +0200

Version: 30.1

On 31/10/2024 12:06, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> How do we know that catering to this corner case will not screw
>>> other corner cases?
>> Difficult to guarantee that 100%, but this specific case seems important
>> enough, while at the same time we can infer that the change won't affect
>> the majority scenario because the code is guarded by these conditions:
>>
>>       (when root
>>         (when (not backend)
>>            ...
> FWIW, I have a bad feeling about this, but if you are confident, feel
> free to backport.

Thanks, I've cherry-picked the longer (but more transparent) fix and a 
new regression test as well, to the release branch.

And thanks to Zhengyi Fu for trying it out.

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