bug#58447: [PATCH] In project-find-file, add absolute file name to history

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:44:09 +0300
> Cc: 58447@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> 
> On 26.10.2022 12:04, Augusto Stoffel wrote:
> > I'm copying Dmitry.
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 22:13, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 
> >>> From: Augusto Stoffel<arstoffel@gmail.com>
> >>> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:29:24 +0200
> >>>
> >>> `project-find-file' and related commands share their history with more
> >>> general commands like `find-file', so they should add the absolute file
> >>> name to history.  Currently, file names relative to the project root are
> >>> added.  The attached patch fixes this.
> >> Shouldn't project.el have its separate history of file names,
> > I'm not sure that's useful, but then the history items should be
> > absolute file names anyway.
> > 
> >> perhaps even a project-specific history?
> > This might make sense.
> 
> I like both of these ideas, except I'm not sure how to implement the 
> project-specific part better.
> 
> I suppose we won't be passing the history var to completing-read anymore?

I thought about a project-specific history variable.