(vc-cvs-dir-stay-local): New variable.

(vc-cvs-dir-status): Use it.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b9cc231498c026b2342d7bfe08beea098923ada9..102713618ecdc4e3a537f0dd87fc3a75491f68df 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-09  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+       * vc-cvs.el (vc-cvs-dir-stay-local): New variable.
+       (vc-cvs-dir-status): Use it.
+
 2008-10-08  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
        * json.el (json-skip-whitespace): Fix last change.

diff --git a/lisp/vc-cvs.el b/lisp/vc-cvs.el
index 4913a23440d58c31dfa36c30a0ef657b61e703a7..bd6e755d128c95865c432d9f106deec70078a321 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/vc-cvs.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-cvs.el
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ by these regular expressions."
   :version "21.1"
   :group 'vc)
 
+(defcustom vc-cvs-dir-stay-local nil
+  "*Non-nil means use local operations when possible for remote repositories.
+This avoids slow queries over the network and instead uses heuristics
+and past information to determine the current status of files for `vc-dir'."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :version "23.1"
+  :group 'vc)
+
 (defcustom vc-cvs-sticky-date-format-string "%c"
   "*Format string for mode-line display of sticky date.
 Format is according to `format-time-string'.  Only used if
@@ -953,7 +961,7 @@ state."
 (defun vc-cvs-dir-status (dir update-function)
   "Create a list of conses (file . state) for DIR."
   ;; FIXME check all files in DIR instead?
-  (if (vc-stay-local-p dir)
+  (if vc-cvs-dir-stay-local
       (vc-cvs-dir-status-heuristic dir update-function)
     (vc-cvs-command (current-buffer) 'async dir "-f" "status")
     ;; Alternative implementation: use the "update" command instead of