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31.0.50; marking inconsistency between VC-Dir and dired-vc-next-action

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Message #32 received at 76769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 76769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 31.0.50; marking inconsistency between VC-Dir and
 dired-vc-next-action
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:50:01 +0800

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback.

Here's an alternative proposal that sits only at the UI level.

A defcustom with values nil, 'ask, t.  nil is the current behaviour.
'ask means to do the follow things after a y/n prompt, t means to do
them unconditionally:

- When you try to mark a file but you can't because the directory is
  already marked, unmark the directory first.

- When you try to mark a directory but you can't because a file under it
  is already marked, unmark all files under it and mark the directory,
  instead.

Plus fixing dired-vc-next-action.

I still think it's worth discussing more thoroughgoing changes, but this
is a simpler proposal to fall back on.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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