GNU bug report logs - #78987
30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode

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Reported by: "Zipei Lu" <zipeilu <at> qq.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:57:09 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.1

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 78987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78987: 30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:54:35 +0300

> Cc: 78987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:58:59 +0300
> 
> >  (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)))))
> 
> The original recipe still fails with the same error.
> Shouldn't 'vc-responsible-backend' be wrapped with
> 'ignore-errors' in 'dired-vc-deduce-fileset'?

There's no need for ignore-errors; instead, vc-responsible-backend
should be called with the second argument NO-ERROR non-nil.

The original patch did precisely that, so it looks like some snafu
when applying the patch; now fixed.
This bug report was last modified 31 days ago.

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