bug#3224: 23.0.92; vc-dir vs uniquify: wrong directory used

[Stefan Monnier]

>> So for vc-dir, you want "*vc-dir*" instead of A, right?  So you want
>> file names of the form "/foo/dir-1/*vc-dir*" and "/foo/dir-2/*vc-dir*".
> For such dired-style buffers, uniquify uses list-buffers-directory, so
> the only way is as I did in the patch I just sent.
> Do you want that patch installed, assuming Dan does not oppose it?

Yes, it looks OK.

>> Yes, the docstring has been wrong since day one
> Well, I'm glad we agree on this, then.

Feel free to rename it to uniquify-buffer-dir-name and adjust the docstring.

> (As an aside: the previous time we discussed this, you suggested that
> `list-buffers-directory' has the wrong name, and also that perhaps it
> would be safer/wiser to create another variable for uses like the one
> in uniquify. I think we should revisit this issue after the release.)

Agreed,


        Stefan