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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-11-04 15:02:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2016-11-04 15:02:03 -0700 |
| commit | ae0a1a890ec7b885e85cd945a21ca42fed80df3d (patch) | |
| tree | 495f1d851cb3a43a0e677bff9c09d4211a35fbde /doc/lispref/files.texi | |
| parent | 66b5222c3cd72839bf72e0b2a03912719c930451 (diff) | |
| parent | acae275b2752357497a2411876b83240ce7c8aec (diff) | |
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Merge from origin/emacs-25
acae275 ; Spelling fixes
d8fac73 Update README for precompiled windows Emacs.
23570fd Clarify documentation of 'vc-responsible-backend' wrt symlinks
f708cb2 Clarify doc string of 'transpose-sexps'
cd05b1d Fix docstring of 'browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab'
bdc89eb Improve documentation of 'font-lock-remove-keywords'
4a0c590 Fix documentation of the command summary key
0221b7a Mark relocation workarounds with REL_ALLOC
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index ecc3e03967c..cb31ca5a3de 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -1148,6 +1148,21 @@ compares the truenames of the two directories. If @var{dir} does not name an existing directory, the return value is @code{nil}. @end defun +@defun vc-responsible-backend file +This function determines the responsible VC backend of the given +@var{file}. For example, if @file{emacs.c} is a file tracked by Git, +@w{@code{(vc-responsible-backend "emacs.c")}} returns @samp{Git}. +Note that if @var{file} is a symbolic link, +@code{vc-responsible-backend} will not resolve it---the backend of the +symbolic link file itself is reported. To get the backend VC of the +file to which @var{file} refers, wrap @var{file} with a symbolic link +resolving function such as @code{file-chase-links}: + +@smallexample +(vc-responsible-backend (file-chase-links "emacs.c")) +@end smallexample +@end defun + @node File Attributes @subsection File Attributes @cindex file attributes |