Fix bug that produced spurious nil state.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ffa38236b69..6bf57b6082b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-21  Eric S. Raymond  <esr@snark>
+
+        * vc/vc-src.el (vc-src-state): Fix bug that produced spurious nil state.
+
 2014-11-21  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * vc/vc.el (vc-deduce-fileset): Support invocation from
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-src.el b/lisp/vc/vc-src.el
index d0787b033ee..520708c7eb0 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-src.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-src.el
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ For a description of possible values, see `vc-check-master-templates'."
   "SRC-specific version of `vc-state'."
   (let*
       ((status nil)
+       (default-directory (file-name-directory file))
        (out
         (with-output-to-string
           (with-current-buffer
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ For a description of possible values, see `vc-check-master-templates'."
                   (condition-case nil
                       (process-file
                        vc-src-program nil t nil
-                       "status" "-a" file)
+                       "status" "-a" (file-relative-name file))
                     (error nil)))))))
     (when (eq 0 status)
       (when (null (string-match "does not exist or is unreadable" out))