2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d06e66e38d3..93f2477b07f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-25  Miles Bader  <miles@fencepost.gnu.org>
+
+        * vc-hooks.el (vc-find-root): Fix file attribute test.
+
 2007-05-24  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
         * textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-correct-word-before-point):
diff --git a/lisp/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
index 1bde704790b..22935ab7f3b 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ If WITNESS if not found, return nil, otherwise return the root."
                    ;; to another user.  This should save us from looking in
                    ;; things like /net and /afs.  This assumes that all the
                    ;; files inside a project belong to the same user.
-                   (not (equal user (file-attributes file)))
+                   (not (equal user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))))
                    (string-match vc-ignore-dir-regexp file)))
       (if (file-exists-p (expand-file-name witness file))
          (setq root file)