Re: vc-git bug with top-level repositories

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com> writes:

  > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:54 +0200, Claus <claus.klingberg@gmail.com> said:
  > Claus> I'm not yet sure if this is a bug or a feature and will perhaps
  > Claus> patch the code for myself once I've found a better solution (or
  > Claus> understand why checking the owner would make sense - on Windows
  > Claus> anyway).
  > 
  > As an other optimisation, can't we let the VCS itself decide whether
  > a file is under control or not ? I don't use git, but I guess there is
  > some way to check it. In mercurial for example, 'hg root' returns the
  > root of the working directory if it exists, fails otherwise.
  > Sorry if it has already been discussed.

It intentionally not done that way because, it would be too slow.  The
function in question is run every time a file is opened, and the VC
systems are tried in the order they appear in `vc-handled-backends'
until one matches...