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30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: 78987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: zipeilu <at> qq.com, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Subject: bug#78987: 30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:36:14 +0100

Hello,

On Thu 10 Jul 2025 at 02:29am +02, Stephen Berman via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:37:40 +0800 "Zipei Lu" via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Here are the steps to reproduce the bug:
>> 1. 'C-x d' to arbitrary directory without any version control repository.
>> 2. Mark arbitrary number of files with 'm'.
>> 3. Type 'C-x v v'.
>>
>> Then the mini buffer will display:
>>
>> No VC backend is responsible for c:/my/directory/
>>
>> According to GNU Emacs manual 30.1.3.1, 'C-x v v' is expected to create
>> a new repository in the directory. However, 'C-x v v' can still be able to create
>> new repository in the buffer of  a file(Not in the buffer of directory).
>
> This patch seems to DTRT, at least on initial testing with -Q:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
> index e5b08af2a30..d8b195d9a12 100644
> --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
> +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
> @@ -4022,8 +4022,9 @@ dired-vc-next-action
>  ;;;###autoload
>  (defun dired-vc-deduce-fileset
>      (&optional state-model-only-files not-state-changing)
> -  (let ((backend (vc-responsible-backend default-directory))
> -        (files (dired-get-marked-files nil nil nil nil t)))
> +  (let* ((files (dired-get-marked-files nil nil nil nil t))
> +         (backend (or (vc-responsible-backend default-directory t)
> +                      (vc-backend-for-registration (car files)))))
>      (when (and (not not-state-changing)
>                 (cl-some #'file-directory-p files))
>        (user-error "\

I think this is okay, please install.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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