(vc-cvs-checkout-model): Handle the case where FILE doesn't exist.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/vc-cvs.el b/lisp/vc-cvs.el
index 1136ce565a8..e4e9f0b0137 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-cvs.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-cvs.el
@@ -236,16 +236,19 @@ See also variable `vc-cvs-sticky-date-format-string'."
 
 (defun vc-cvs-checkout-model (file)
   "CVS-specific version of `vc-checkout-model'."
-  (if (or (getenv "CVSREAD")
-          ;; If the file is not writable (despite CVSREAD being
-          ;; undefined), this is probably because the file is being
-          ;; "watched" by other developers.
-          ;; (If vc-mistrust-permissions was t, we actually shouldn't
-          ;; trust this, but there is no other way to learn this from CVS
-          ;; at the moment (version 1.9).)
-          (string-match "r-..-..-." (nth 8 (file-attributes file))))
+  (if (getenv "CVSREAD")
       'announce
-    'implicit))
+    (let ((attrib (file-attributes file)))
+      (if (and attrib ;; don't check further if FILE doesn't exist
+               ;; If the file is not writable (despite CVSREAD being
+               ;; undefined), this is probably because the file is being
+               ;; "watched" by other developers.
+               ;; (If vc-mistrust-permissions was t, we actually shouldn't
+               ;; trust this, but there is no other way to learn this from CVS
+               ;; at the moment (version 1.9).)
+               (string-match "r-..-..-." (nth 8 attrib)))
+          'announce
+        'implicit))))
 
 (defun vc-cvs-mode-line-string (file)
   "Return string for placement into the modeline for FILE.