Re: Putting vc status under dired

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> How can I put the output of vc-dir in dired mode?
>>>> 
>>>> Given DIR and a list RELATIVE-FILENAMES, you can try:
>>>> (dired-directory (cons DIR RELATIVE-FILENAMES)).
>> 
>>> That's not what I mean.  Currently vc-dir is a big step backwards from
>>> vc-dired.  All the useful dired bindings are missing from vc-dir.
>> 
>> Which bindings would these be?

> Things like multiple marks, marking all files (in a directory), running
> shell commands on marked files, etc.  All these things that make dired
> such a powerful tool.

Patches to reconcile vc-dired and vc-dir are welcome, just as are
patches to make vc-dired use the new `dir-status' operation.


        Stefan