From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fix in vc-ignore-dir-regexp
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:20:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvabwqvhlp.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4634F262.1010108@freedesktop.org> (Josh Triplett's message of "Sun\, 29 Apr 2007 12\:30\:42 -0700")
> Smith wrote:
>> Although I have not been bit by it yet, I might need to add in /gsa/ as well
>> for the gsa file system.
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In the mean time I've added /.../ to the vc-ignored-dir regexp as suggested.
>> I didn't add the /gsa/ one because I've never heard of the gsa filesystem
>> and Google didn't seem to have heard of it either.
> GSA doesn't represent a filesystem; it refers to IBM's "Global Storage
> Architecture", which to the best of my knowledge only exists inside IBM. It
> provides network-accessible storage for IBM employees, available via various
> protocols, and generally kept on servers close to the employee's location in
> network topology. IBMers often mount it on /gsa . Some use /gsa to refer to
> the entire hierarchy, with paths like /gsa/server/path, and some use /gsa to
> refer to their home server or home directory, with paths like /gsa/path; in
> the latter case, VC *should* search /gsa. I don't think vc-ignored-dir should
> include paths based on IBM-internal services and conventions, particularly
> when those conventions vary. :)
Thanks for that very clear explanation.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-30 0:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-29 19:30 Fix in vc-ignore-dir-regexp Josh Triplett
2007-04-30 0:20 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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2007-04-27 20:39 Richard Stallman
2007-04-28 3:57 ` T. V. Raman
2007-04-28 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-28 19:07 ` Glenn Morris
2007-04-30 0:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-28 14:47 ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-28 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
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