Re: Fix in vc-ignore-dir-regexp

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

> Smith wrote:
>> Although I have not been bit by it yet, I might need to add in /gsa/ as well
>> for the gsa file system.

> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In the mean time I've added /.../ to the vc-ignored-dir regexp as suggested.
>> I didn't add the /gsa/ one because I've never heard of the gsa filesystem
>> and Google didn't seem to have heard of it either.

> GSA doesn't represent a filesystem; it refers to IBM's "Global Storage
> Architecture", which to the best of my knowledge only exists inside IBM.  It
> provides network-accessible storage for IBM employees, available via various
> protocols, and generally kept on servers close to the employee's location in
> network topology.  IBMers often mount it on /gsa .  Some use /gsa to refer to
> the entire hierarchy, with paths like /gsa/server/path, and some use /gsa to
> refer to their home server or home directory, with paths like /gsa/path; in
> the latter case, VC *should* search /gsa.  I don't think vc-ignored-dir should
> include paths based on IBM-internal services and conventions, particularly
> when those conventions vary. :)

Thanks for that very clear explanation.


        Stefan