diff lisp/files.el @ 90988:492971a3f31f unicode-xft-base

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 816-823) - Update from CVS - Merge from emacs--rel--22 * emacs--rel--22 (patch 59-69) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 237-238) - Update from CVS Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-235
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:23:55 +0000
parents a1be62cbd32a 7620cd626c41
children f55f9811f5d7
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--- a/lisp/files.el	Mon Jul 23 05:39:31 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Tue Jul 24 01:23:55 2007 +0000
@@ -711,6 +711,28 @@
        ((null action) (try-completion string names))
        (t (test-completion string names))))))
 
+(defun locate-dominating-file (file regexp)
+  "Look up the directory hierarchy from FILE for a file matching REGEXP."
+  (while (and file (not (file-directory-p file)))
+    (setq file (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file))))
+  (catch 'found
+    (let ((user (nth 2 (file-attributes file)))
+          ;; Abbreviate, so as to stop when we cross ~/.
+          (dir (abbreviate-file-name (file-name-as-directory file)))
+          files)
+      ;; As a heuristic, we stop looking up the hierarchy of directories as
+      ;; soon as we find a directory belonging to another user.  This should
+      ;; save us from looking in things like /net and /afs.  This assumes
+      ;; that all the files inside a project belong to the same user.
+      (while (and dir (equal user (nth 2 (file-attributes dir))))
+        (if (setq files (directory-files dir 'full regexp))
+            (throw 'found (car files))
+          (if (equal dir
+                     (setq dir (file-name-directory
+                                (directory-file-name dir))))
+              (setq dir nil))))
+      nil)))
+
 (defun executable-find (command)
   "Search for COMMAND in `exec-path' and return the absolute file name.
 Return nil if COMMAND is not found anywhere in `exec-path'."
@@ -2464,6 +2486,7 @@
 	mode-line-mule-info
 	mode-line-position
 	mode-line-process
+	mode-line-remote
 	mode-name
 	outline-level
 	overriding-local-map