Re: vc-*-root finctions

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> shows a buffer where the first line reads:
> Directory: ~/build/MISC/ferm/examples/

> and "ferm" (the project's "root" directory) is a button, which
> means (for me) underlined and clickable, whose action is to do
> `(vc-status "~/build/MISC/ferm")'.

> If this explanation makes sense to you and the docstring doesn't,
> could you suggest another wording?

Why not just provide a ".." entry to move up to the directory
directory above?

After all, if you're working on a sub-sub-dir of your project, you're
just as likely to want to look at the sub-dir as wanting to look at the
actual root.

And this feature wouldn't require any new VC-function.


        Stefan