vc-git-registered: use checkout directory (where .git is)

rather than the file's directory and a relative path spec to work around a bug in git.

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 03fdcf9a1bc..a145f4e7eb6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-11-24  David Reitter  <david.reitter@gmail.com>
+
+        * vc-git.el (vc-git-registered): use checkout directory (where
+        .git is) rather than the file's directory and a relative path spec
+        to work around a bug in git.
+
 2009-11-24  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         Improve handling of processes on remote hosts.
diff --git a/lisp/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc-git.el
index 072f708edd7..4c577953262 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-git.el
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ If nil, use the value of `vc-diff-switches'.  If t, use no switches."
   (when (vc-git-root file)
     (with-temp-buffer
       (let* (process-file-side-effects
-             (dir (file-name-directory file))
+             ;; do not use the `file-name-directory' here: git-ls-files
+             ;; sometimes fails to return the correct status for relative
+             ;; path specs. 
+             ;; see also: http://marc.info/?l=git&m=125787684318129&w=2
+             (dir (vc-git-root file))
              (name (file-relative-name file dir))
              (str (ignore-errors
                     (when dir (cd dir))
diff --git a/nextstep/Cocoa/Emacs.base/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings b/nextstep/Cocoa/Emacs.base/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
index 5934dedb611..f18751d2379 100644
--- a/nextstep/Cocoa/Emacs.base/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
+++ b/nextstep/Cocoa/Emacs.base/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-/* Localized versions of Info.plist keys */
 
+<<<<<<< InfoPlist.strings
+=======
 CFBundleName = "Emacs";
 CFBundleShortVersionString = "Version 23.1.50";
 CFBundleGetInfoString = "Emacs version 23.1.50, NS Windowing";
 NSHumanReadableCopyright = "Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.";
+>>>>>>> 1.7