Re: A project-files implementation for Git projects

[Stefan Monnier]

>> FWIW, I simply cannot see what could be the advantage of not going
>> through `vc-call-backend`.
> Two reasons. None of them insurmountable, but:
> 1. Not having to worry about changing the API to accommodate future needs.

I think we should feel free to change this "API" at will.

> 2. Very uneven backend capabilities, and the necessity to set up
> fallbacks.  As you can see, even now Git requires a modern-enough version to
> support EXTRA-IGNORES. And, well, project--files-in-directory is private, at
> least for now.

These seem to affect the code regardless of whether it goes through
vc-call-backend or not.


        Stefan