=== modified file 'lisp/vc/log-edit.el'
--- lisp/vc/log-edit.el	2010-11-09 20:07:10 +0000
+++ lisp/vc/log-edit.el	2010-11-27 01:45:51 +0000
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
 		(setq pattern (file-name-nondirectory file)))
 
             (setq pattern (concat "\\(^\\|[^[:alnum:]]\\)"
-                                  pattern
+                                  (regexp-quote pattern)
                                   "\\($\\|[^[:alnum:]]\\)"))
 
 	    (let (texts