bug#50572: 28.0.50; [PATCH] fix VC to find the responsible backend with the most specific path.

[Manuel Giraud]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:47:19 +0200
>> 
>> When calling 'vc-next-action' on an unregistered file, VC could choose a
>> backend that is very far above this file in the directory hierarchy.
>> 
>> In my case, it chooses SVN as backend (because I have one in my homedir)
>> but I wanted it to choose the Git backend of the directory this file
>> resides.
>> 
>> This patch solves this issue by selecting the backend with the most
>> specific (in fact, the longest string) path to the file.
>
> Isn't that already available with "C-u C-x v v"?

It does not work for me. It still tries to register in my homedir
subversion. FWIW, I think the most specific should be the default of
"C-x v v" and maybe I could try to get the least specific for "C-u C-x v
v"
-- 
Manuel Giraud