GNU bug report logs - #36932
25.2; vc-rename-file does NOT handle ~ in paths

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From: Christian Seberino <cseberino <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.2; vc-rename-file does NOT handle ~ in paths
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:49:17 -0500

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To recreate problem:
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1. "emacs -q some_file"  where some_file is a file in a directory under
version control.
           ( verified this bug with Mercurial.)
2. M-x vc-rename-file
3. Select a file to rename by appending to the current directory path shown.
4. Select new file path and name.

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Problem
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The above steps will lead to a new windows displaying the file path name
trying
to change with the following error after it:

No such file or directory
abort: no files to copy


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The problem goes away if the ~ is removed from the original file path in
step #3 above.
Ironically, ~ is ok in step #4 above.






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Message #8 received at 36932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christian Seberino <cseberino <at> gmail.com>
To: 36932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Just tested and this vc-rename-file bug only applies to Mercurial!
 Git works fine with ~!
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 14:59:37 -0500

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Just tested and this vc-rename-file bug only applies to Mercurial!  Git
works fine with ~!

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Message #11 received at 36932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Christian Seberino <cseberino <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36932: 25.2; vc-rename-file does NOT handle ~ in paths
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:00:38 +0100

Christian Seberino <cseberino <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. "emacs -q some_file"  where some_file is a file in a directory under version
> control.
>            ( verified this bug with Mercurial.)
> 2. M-x vc-rename-file
> 3. Select a file to rename by appending to the current directory path shown.
> 4. Select new file path and name.

Christian Seberino <cseberino <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Just tested and this vc-rename-file bug only applies to Mercurial!  Git works fine
> with ~!

Thanks for a clear case to reproduce the bug.  This should now be fixed
in Emacs 28.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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