* lisp/vc/log-view.el: Better error handling (bug#33295).

* lisp/vc/log-view.el (log-view-find-revision)
(log-view-annotate-version): Add condition to signal an error
when log-view-vc-fileset contains a directory.
Use user-error instead of error.

* lisp/dired.el (dired-get-file-for-visit):
* lisp/locate.el (locate-do-setup):
Use user-error instead of error.

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index f2f2b76eb77..cbd85fed91c 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ directory in another window."
   (let ((raw (dired-get-filename nil t))
         file-name)
     (if (null raw)
-        (error "No file on this line"))
+        (user-error "No file on this line"))
     (setq file-name (file-name-sans-versions raw t))
     (if (file-exists-p file-name)
         file-name
diff --git a/lisp/locate.el b/lisp/locate.el
index d2e640e8849..81e9696a0d8 100644
--- a/lisp/locate.el
+++ b/lisp/locate.el
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ do not work in subdirectories.
          (progn
            (kill-buffer locate-buffer-name)
            (if locate-current-filter
-               (error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
+               (user-error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
                       search-string locate-current-filter)
-             (error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
+             (user-error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
 
     (locate-insert-header search-string)
 
diff --git a/lisp/vc/log-view.el b/lisp/vc/log-view.el
index 6ff50dcde5f..bfb31ccdab8 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/log-view.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/log-view.el
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ If it is nil, `log-view-toggle-entry-display' does nothing.")
 The match group number 1 should match the file name itself.")
 
 (defvar log-view-per-file-logs t
-  "Set if to t if the logs are shown one file at a time.")
+  "Set to t if the logs are shown one file at a time.")
 
 (defvar log-view-message-re
   (concat "^\\(?:revision \\(?1:[.0-9]+\\)\\(?:\t.*\\)?" ; RCS and CVS.
@@ -517,8 +517,10 @@ Works like `end-of-defun'."
 If called interactively, visit the version at point."
   (interactive "d")
   (unless log-view-per-file-logs
-    (when (> (length log-view-vc-fileset) 1)
-      (error "Multiple files shown in this buffer, cannot use this command here")))
+    (when (or (> (length log-view-vc-fileset) 1)
+              (null (car log-view-vc-fileset))
+              (file-directory-p (car log-view-vc-fileset)))
+      (user-error "Multiple files shown in this buffer, cannot use this command here")))
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char pos)
     (switch-to-buffer (vc-find-revision (if log-view-per-file-logs
@@ -561,8 +563,10 @@ If called interactively, visit the version at point."
 If called interactively, annotate the version at point."
   (interactive "d")
   (unless log-view-per-file-logs
-    (when (> (length log-view-vc-fileset) 1)
-      (error "Multiple files shown in this buffer, cannot use this command here")))
+    (when (or (> (length log-view-vc-fileset) 1)
+              (null (car log-view-vc-fileset))
+              (file-directory-p (car log-view-vc-fileset)))
+      (user-error "Multiple files shown in this buffer, cannot use this command here")))
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char pos)
     (vc-annotate (if log-view-per-file-logs