Re: vc in emacs problem with git

[rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Aug 28, 2:10 am, Anselm Helbig <anselm.helbig
+news2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> At Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:44:33 +0530,
>
> Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just updating my own question:
> > when I do a C-x v v (vc-next-action)
> > which is supposed to be the most basic operation for checking in a file I get
>
> >  Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
>
> > So vc can be assumed to be a broken I guess?
>
> I had a similar problem. The cause was an old git.el I had lying
> around. You should check if vc-git works when you turn off all
> customization, i.e. with emacs -Q. Another possible source of old git
> support files might be your OS. Debian and friends automatically
> install git support for emacs along with the git package. Loading it
> is disabled here for Emacs 23, though (Ubuntu Jaunty).
>
> HTH,
>
> Anselm
>
> --
> Anselm Helbig
> mailto:anselm.helbig+news2...@googlemail.com

Thanks! That tracked it --that is vc works with emacs -Q and fails
without.
But now how to track where the problem is?
I can hardly use emacs with -Q !!