From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-git bug in vc-dir Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:27:38 -0700 Message-ID: References: <200912011954.nB1JsDW6027606@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Tom Tromey NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259699299 8090 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2009 20:28:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 01 21:28:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NFZKU-00028Q-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:28:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60194 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZKT-0006b3-Vi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZK7-0006Rw-5a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:27:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZK2-0006PW-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:27:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34628 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFZK2-0006PT-2c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:27:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:18982) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFZK1-0005Pk-QX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:27:42 -0500 Original-Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nB1KRed6001770 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:27:40 -0500 Original-Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nB1KRekM010223; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:27:40 -0500 Original-Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nB1KRdsD031595; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id A6E2E378190; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:27:38 -0700 (MST) X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: <200912011954.nB1JsDW6027606@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:54:13 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.21 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:118063 Archived-At: >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Nicolaescu writes: Dan> Eric Hanchrow posted a patch in Bug#1589 that fixes this by using a Dan> git option available in git after version 1.5.5 (which Dan> was released in April 2008) Dan> Should we check in this fix? Dan> What do git users think? It seems to me that if it fails nicely with older versions of git -- saying what the problem is and how to work around it -- then the patch should definitely go in. Tom