Re: Hideously slow VC status queries fixed

[Stefan Monnier]

>> That will show  1000 calls to vc-bzr-registered, vc-git-registered,
>> vc-arch-registered, vc-svn-registered etc etc.

> That could be sped up by noticing which files would normally be excluded
> by dired and using using that information to set an 'excluded 
> property value.  If dir-state did that, all those calls would be avoided 

Doesn't sound right: under PCL-CVS for example I don't need any such
hack.  I just look at CVS's `update' output and immediately see which
files are "not ignored and not registered".  Many/most backends do that
as well.

So we should add a vc-state "need-register" or somesuch.


        Stefan