From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Shouldn't vc-dir show only files under VC by default? Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:48:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="93233"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 29 23:48:31 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh3O-000O5I-1f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:48:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42300 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh3M-000820-Tb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:48:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59039) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh3B-00081i-HT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:48:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh3A-000699-JY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from 195-159-176-226.customer.powertech.no ([195.159.176.226]:53796 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh3A-00067K-C0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:48:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iEh37-000NpY-TS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:48:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:VIrH8jO/vHG7yW4/nWH1LO9SK28= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:121580 Archived-At: > When I start vc-dir I usually have to wade through a bunch of unregistered > files (temporary scripts, etc.). I know I can hide them from view with > x, I'm just wondering about the design decision of showing them by > default. AFAIK, the "normal" way to work with tools like Git, Svn, ... is to set your "ignores" such that all those "other files" don't appear. IOW, "unregistered" are warnings reminding you that you haven't yet told your tool whether to control them or ignore them. Stefan