Re: [PATCH] vc-bzr.el: avoid stomping files across hardlink branches.

[Karl Fogel]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:
>> But then VC apparently got smart and stopped making backup files for
>> files under version control.  This was good
>
> VC has had this behavior for a very long time (and I think it's quite
> arguable whether it's actually a good default or not -- the granularity
> of vc commits and emacs backup files can be very different).

Thanks.  I should have added a stronger qualifier than "apparently", as
I wasn't completely sure about that history!

There must be some other reason why the original reporter, Tim Penhey,
only noticed the bug recently.  Perhaps he'd been customizing his
backup-file behavior but then stopped doing so, or something?  Anyway,
the bug exists regardless.

(I agree with you about VC's backup-file behavior being arguable, but
it's a separate topic -- this bug would exist, and my patch would apply,
no matter what VC's default backup-file behavior were and no matter what
customizations a user happened to make to that behavior.)

-Karl