# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1185169124 0
# Node ID 2e0600da7d6a2357cb6ac07e90ab5fc411039e92
# Parent  896bf6c07ad3f2cef15072d620eb8399225bc260
(vc-find-root): Walk up the tree to find an existing
`file' from which to start the search and fix case where `file' is the
current directory and the root as well.

diff -r 896bf6c07ad3 -r 2e0600da7d6a lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon Jul 23 05:32:32 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon Jul 23 05:38:44 2007 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-07-23  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+	* vc-hooks.el (vc-find-root): Walk up the tree to find an existing
+	`file' from which to start the search and fix case where `file' is the
+	current directory and the root as well.
+
 	* pcvs.el (cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window): Use a directory
 	name for buffer-file-name if it refers to a directory.
 
diff -r 896bf6c07ad3 -r 2e0600da7d6a lisp/vc-hooks.el
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Mon Jul 23 05:32:32 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Mon Jul 23 05:38:44 2007 +0000
@@ -314,22 +314,25 @@
 If WITNESS if not found, return nil, otherwise return the root."
   ;; Represent /home/luser/foo as ~/foo so that we don't try to look for
   ;; witnesses in /home or in /.
+  (while (not (file-directory-p file))
+    (setq file (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file))))
   (setq file (abbreviate-file-name file))
   (let ((root nil)
         (user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))))
     (while (not (or root
-                   (equal file (setq file (file-name-directory file)))
-                   (null file)
-                   ;; 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.
-                   (not (equal user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))))
-                   (string-match vc-ignore-dir-regexp file)))
+                    (null file)
+                    ;; 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.
+                    (not (equal user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))))
+                    (string-match vc-ignore-dir-regexp file)))
       (if (file-exists-p (expand-file-name witness file))
-         (setq root file)
-       (setq file (directory-file-name file))))
+          (setq root file)
+        (if (equal file
+                   (setq file (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file))))
+            (setq file nil))))
     root))
 
 ;; Access functions to file properties