From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 03:52:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better error message on missing files.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-23.0.90~5891
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3c73c30e89cd74984fd6f6256ae803d3a157e44c;p=emacs.git

Better error message on missing files.
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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e9d6ded2cd8..1611fec08b1 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 	and was somewhat misleading.
 	* vc-cvs.el (vc-cvs-delete-file) Don't do a "cvs commit"
 	immediately after removing the file.
-	* vc.el (vc-next-action): More informative message when a fileset
-	is in a mixed state.
+	* vc.el (vc-next-action): More informative messages when a fileset
+	is in a mixed state or files are missing.
 
 2008-05-01  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/vc.el b/lisp/vc.el
index 82d59c0f84d..a56b281122b 100644
--- a/lisp/vc.el
+++ b/lisp/vc.el
@@ -621,9 +621,6 @@
 ;;
 ;; - add a mechanism for ignoring files.
 ;;
-;; - vc-next-action should do something about 'missing files. Maybe
-;;   just warn, or offer to checkout.
-;;
 ;; - When vc-next-action calls vc-checkin it could pre-fill the
 ;;   *VC-log* buffer with some obvious items: the list of files that
 ;;   were added, the list of files that were removed.  If the diff is
@@ -1653,6 +1650,8 @@ merge in the changes into your working copy."
 		  (error "Aborted")))))))
     ;; Do the right thing
     (cond
+     ((eq state 'missing)
+      (error "Fileset files are missing, so cannot be operated on."))
      ;; Files aren't registered
      ((or (eq state 'unregistered)
 	  (eq state 'ignored))