Re: VC Dired Mode doesn't support recursive directory?

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > >> 1. M-x vc-directory gives me a list of changed files in current
  > >> directory and one sub directory.
  > >> 
  > >> 2. I marked all files, then `v v', it prompts this in the minibuffer: 
  > >> 
  > >> ,----
  > >> | All members of a fileset must be under the same version-control system.
  > >> `----
  > 
  > > Were some of the files that you selected unregistered? If yes, then the
  > > error you get is expected (although the wording could be improved to
  > > make it more clear).
  > 
  > BTW, I think there's a fundamental error in VC's handling of backends,
  > right now:  The backend should be a buffer-local property, not
  > a file-local property.

So what happens with files that are not in any buffer (like probably a
lot of files that would appear in vc-dired)?