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

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 76769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net, sbaugh <at> janestreet.com
Subject: bug#76769: 31.0.50; marking inconsistency between VC-Dir and dired-vc-next-action
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:01:46 +0800

Hello,

On Sat 08 Mar 2025 at 12:48pm +02, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> 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?

Just the same as it does now, I think.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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