Re: RFC: Automatic setup for bug-reference-mode

[Tassilo Horn]

Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:

>> (defun vc-git-repository-url (file-or-dir)
>>   (let ((default-directory (vc-git-root file-or-dir)))
>>     (with-temp-buffer
>>       (vc-git-command (current-buffer) 0 nil "remote" "get-url" "origin")
>>       (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (1- (point-max))))))
>>
>> where I explicitly name the remote "origin" (which, I know, doesn't need
>> to exist but still works in 99% of all cases).
>
> I'm in the 1%; I have git repositories that don't have 'origin'; they
> have 'savannah'. I migrated from monotone, where the remotes have real
> names.
>
> So some method of overriding 'origin' would be appreciated.

It already has on master, i.e., you can pass in an optional remote-name.

Bye,
Tassilo