From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7350: 24.0.50; make vc-deduce-backend smarter Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:03:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <19669.54304.980911.220632@rgr.rgrjr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289160837 8888 80.91.229.12 (7 Nov 2010 20:13:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 20:13:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7350@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bob Rogers Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 07 21:13:53 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBcb-0007MH-NI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:13:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38756 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PFBcb-0003K0-4W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:13:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44724 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PFBcU-0003JE-TG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:13:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBcT-0006wQ-Pp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:13:42 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBcT-0006wJ-OG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:13:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBOH-0005Lj-Vf; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:59:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7350 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7350-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7350.128915992220557 (code B ref 7350); Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7350) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2010 19:58:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBNy-0005LW-JU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:58:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFBNx-0005LR-7O for 7350@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:58:41 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoEKAP+U1kxMCpqE/2dsb2JhbAChCX9yuEaFSASEWI1a X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.58,310,1286164800"; d="scan'208";a="81870741" Original-Received: from 76-10-154-132.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.154.132]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 07 Nov 2010 15:03:17 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 73475A86CC; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:03:16 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <19669.54304.980911.220632@rgr.rgrjr.com> (Bob Rogers's message of "Sat, 6 Nov 2010 18:18:08 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:59:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41427 Archived-At: > I notice that vc-root-diff only works if the current buffer is > visiting a version-controlled file, and in certain other buffer modes. > In particular, it works in dired-mode, where it uses the > default-directory, but not in shell-mode, which is not one of the > explicit special cases. Could you give an example use-case where you'd want vc-deduce-backend to be run in a shell-mode buffer? Stefan