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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 76769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#76769: 31.0.50; marking inconsistency between VC-Dir and dired-vc-next-action
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:48:33 +0200

> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:50:01 +0800
> 
> 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.

What about unmarking -- how will that work in your proposal?

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