* Ola x Nilsson<byn.k.avyffba@nkvf.pbz> [2021-08-25 15:26:34 +0200]:
On Mon, Aug 23 2021, Steingold wrote:
when editing a remote file, vc-dir shows the*vc-dir* buffer correctly,
but vc-diff in the same buffer fails:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Failed (status 128): git --no-pager
diff-index --exit-code
-p HEAD -- :(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py")
signal(error ("Failed (status 128): git --no-pager diff-index --exit-code -p
HEAD --
:(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py"))
error("Failed (%s): %s" "status 128" "git --no-pager diff-index --exit-code
-p HEAD --
:(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py")
vc-do-command("*vc-diff*" 1 "git" (":(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py")
"--no-pager"
"diff-index" "--exit-code" "-p" "HEAD" nil "--")
apply(vc-do-command "*vc-diff*" 1 "git" (":(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py")
("--no-pager"
"diff-index" "--exit-code" "-p" "HEAD" nil "--"))
vc-git-command("*vc-diff*" 1 (":(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py") "diff-index"
"--exit-code"
"-p" "HEAD" nil "--")
apply(vc-git-command "*vc-diff*" 1 (":(literal)/scp:remote:/path/file.py")
"diff-index"
"--exit-code" ("-p" "HEAD" nil "--"))
vc-git-diff(("/scp:remote:/path/file.py") nil nil "*vc-diff*" t)
apply(vc-git-diff (("/scp:remote:/path/file.py") nil nil "*vc-diff*" t))
vc-call-backend(Git diff ("/scp:remote:/path/file.py") nil nil "*vc-diff*" t)
vc-diff-internal(t (Git ("/scp:remote:/path/file.py")) nil nil t)
vc-diff(nil t)
funcall-interactively(vc-diff nil t)
call-interactively(vc-diff nil nil)
command-execute(vc-diff)
Same error on = (vc-diff) in the*vc-dir* buffer.
I am pretty sure this is a regression from about 2-3 weeks ago.
(vc-next-action also fails)
This is the result of the git literal pathspec prefix being added in a
non-tramp-aware way. See bug #39452. The commits in question are
3502321403 Fix regressions in the last change
3572613550 Fix vc-git-state for filenames with wildcards