bug#58447: [PATCH] In project-find-file, add absolute file name to history

[Juri Linkov]

>>>>>> One solution would be to write a confirmation function instead of using
>>>>>> the symbol 'confirm' for completing-read in 
>>>>>> project--completing-read-strict.
>>>>>> Such a function could check if the filename is absolute
>>>>> And exists, I suppose?
>>>> I'd prefer to have separate histories: with absolute filenames for C-x
>>>> C-f,
>>>> and project-relative filenames for C-x p f.
>>> Yeah, ok.
>>>
>>> I think we just postponed this improvement because we might not manage it
>>> in time for the 29's release.
>> Unfortunately, this makes the emacs-29 release unusable.
>
> Would you say the new behavior is worse than what we had before?

Unfortunately, yes.  It turned out that it interferes too much
in normal workflows of using 'C-x p f'.  I suggest to keep
the history of 'C-x p f' with relative filenames intact,
and add absolute filenames to 'file-name-history' that already
contains absolute filenames.