From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50572: 28.0.50; [PATCH] fix VC to find the responsible backend with the most specific path. Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:57:24 +0300 Message-ID: <83czpbco23.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877dfkxyt4.fsf@elite.giraud> <83y280cv8g.fsf@gnu.org> <87mtofvbnl.fsf@elite.giraud> <83h7encrq1.fsf@gnu.org> <87sfy7tl4r.fsf@elite.giraud> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6313"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50572@debbugs.gnu.org To: Manuel Giraud Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 14 15:03:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ85y-0001U0-K4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:03:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52212 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ85x-0008TW-EK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:03:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36630) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80j-00030v-97 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80g-0006Mt-9I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80g-0000Cn-93 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:58:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50572 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 50572-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50572.1631624260755 (code B ref 50572); Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50572) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Sep 2021 12:57:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47939 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80J-0000C7-UY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:57:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47654) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80H-0000Br-7q for 50572@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:57:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80B-000683-5l; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1139 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mQ80A-0000lF-Q2; Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:57:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87sfy7tl4r.fsf@elite.giraud> (message from Manuel Giraud on Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:08:36 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:214307 Archived-At: > From: Manuel Giraud > Cc: 50572@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:08:36 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> > Isn't that already available with "C-u C-x v v"? > >> > >> It does not work for me. It still tries to register in my homedir > >> subversion. > > > > It didn't work for me, either. Which is a pity, since the manual says > > it should. I guess we lost this at some point; patches to fix that > > are welcome. > > Ok. I could try to work on this issue then but maybe I should file > another bug report, no? Yes, please. > > I'm worried that we are arbitrarily changing the defaults, for the > > sole reason that the new default plays better with someone's > > workflows. > > I think you are right and as you said the "choose the correct backend" > behaviour is already documented in the manual (in "Advanced Control in > ‘C-x v v’"). > > > AFAIR, it used to be the case that the order of VCS names in > > vc-handled-backends determined the way the default is sought out and > > set. This change (and I think the other one Dmitry mentioned in his > > response?) change that in a way that doesn't leave any "fire escape" > > to users who might be setting things up to have a meaningful (for > > them) order in that list. > > Yes, in "Customizing VC", the manual insists on the order importance of > the vc-handled-backends list. So maybe, just fixing "C-u C-x v v" and > remember this customization is enough here. Let's wait for Dmitry to chime in, as I expect he will have different opinions. Thanks