Fix #16897

* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-command): Turn FILE-OR-LIST into nil when
it only contains the repository root.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index cc5c065c017..7bbc084319b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-03-08  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
+
+        * vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-command): Turn FILE-OR-LIST into nil when
+        it only contains the repository root.  (Bug#16897)
+
 2014-03-07  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-sh-handle-vc-registered): Run first pass
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 06e46eeb663..c7cae8359bf 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1210,7 +1210,15 @@ This command shares argument histories with \\[rgrep] and \\[grep]."
 The difference to vc-do-command is that this function always invokes
 `vc-git-program'."
   (apply 'vc-do-command (or buffer "*vc*") okstatus vc-git-program
-         file-or-list (cons "--no-pager" flags)))
+         ;; http://debbugs.gnu.org/16897
+         (unless (and (not (cdr-safe file-or-list))
+                      (let ((file (or (car-safe file-or-list)
+                                      file-or-list)))
+                        (and file
+                             (eq ?/ (aref file (1- (length file))))
+                             (equal file (vc-git-root file)))))
+           file-or-list)
+         (cons "--no-pager" flags)))
 
 (defun vc-git--empty-db-p ()
   "Check if the git db is empty (no commit done yet)."