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[PATCH] Add option for automatically delete non-existent projects.

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From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 77566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: bug#77566: [PATCH] Add option for automatically delete non-existent projects.
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 18:39:28 -0600

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Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I think we need to call zombies something else and also consider that remote files may need to be
> ignored by the zombie checker to reduce the costs of checking project paths, to avoid tramp prompts for
> an internal function, and to accommodate that not all tramp connections are available all the time and
> those may not be reachable and should not be considered zombies.

Something like to this patch?

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I don't have a remote project so I can't test it.

> Setting aside the zombie name for now, hHow about calling 'project-auto-forget-zombie-projects'
> 'project-prune-zombie-projects' and rather than boolean, accept symbols that could include something
> like 'list-read 'list-write nil so users can decide when pruning happens.

I've added them and also an `all' option which mix `list-read' and
`list-write'.

> Could we rename report-message to no-message and change when to unless to keep it uniform?  The
> word report suggests things other than merely allowing messages.

I've added it as an additional optional argument.

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