bug#51579: Mark variable as safe only in one file or directory

bug#51579: Mark variable as safe only in one file or directory

[Stefan Kangas]

Severity: wishlist

I'd like a way to mark a variable as safe only when read from a
particular directory or file.

I create a .dir-locals.el file with some unsafe variable, e.g.

tmp=`mktemp -d`
echo "((nil . ((epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption . t))))" \
    > $tmp/.dir-locals.el
echo $tmp

Now I visit a file in the created directory and get this message:

     The local variables list in /tmp/tmp.qakuGgnFPH/
     contains values that may not be safe (*).

     Do you want to apply it?  You can type
     y  -- to apply the local variables list.
     n  -- to ignore the local variables list.
     !  -- to apply the local variables list, and permanently mark these
           values (*) as safe (in the future, they will be set automatically.)
     i  -- to ignore the local variables list, and permanently mark these
           values (*) as ignored

       * epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption : t

According to (info "(emacs) Safe File Variables"), hitting "i" means
that:

       You can also tell Emacs to permanently ignore all the variable/value
    pairs in the file, by typing ‘i’ at the confirmation prompt – these
    pairs will thereafter be ignored in this file and in all other files.

I would like to be able to mark this variable/value pair as safe *only*
when read from this file, and not in any file.

bug#51579: Mark variable as safe only in one file or directory

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> I would like to be able to mark this variable/value pair as safe *only*
> when read from this file, and not in any file.

Yes, that sounds like a good idea to me.

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