Re: Fix in vc-ignore-dir-regexp

[Glenn Morris]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> In particular vc systems that need to ascend the directory tree
>> looking for vc directories should not appear in the default list.
>
> Given that all recent vc systems (other than Subversion) need to ascend the
> directory tree, I think it's too drastic.
>
> But it did occur to me recently that maybe a good heuristic to decide when
> to stop looking up is to check the directory's owner (and stop when it
> changes).

That's clever. I have removed MCVS et al from my vc-handled-backends
after getting annoyed with all the messages from the automounter when
it failed to find /home/MCVS etc.