Re: master 1e3b0f2: Improve doc strings of project.el

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 19.06.2020 22:12, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > That is, again, true. But what of the rest of files in that repository?
> > Do they belong to a different project?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Do you also visit them, or not?
>
> Not as part of working on the current project.  Though I might decide
> to add some of them to the current project, as the need arises.

I mean, do you visit them in the same Emacs session?

> > If both answers are "no", then the current approach should work well
> > enough. Otherwise, you're welcome to file a new bug report with more
> > details, and we'll see what can be improved to accommodate that
> > situation too.
>
> Which details are needed?

How is the current project defined. How is the "other" project defined. 
Something like that.

> In any case, my point was that relying on the VCS to determine what is
> and isn't in the project presents a restriction that a general-purpose
> project-handling facility should lift early on to be useful, IMO.

I agree, but agreement alone is not enough to make it a reality.

OTOH, we already have a customization point that allows to exclude more 
files than .gitignore does (the project-vc-ignores variable).

*And* one can use the project API to introduce a project backend that 
does not rely on VC repositories. That's just not trivial, is all.