Just updating my own question: when I do a C-x v v (vc-next-action) which is supposed to be the most basic operation for checking in a file I get Wrong type argument: stringp, nil So vc can be assumed to be a broken I guess? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Rustom Mody<rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is emacs 23 using the new 'updated-for-modern-dvcs' vc > I see a mode line saying (note the colon) > Git:master > > In the info on vc (Version control and the mode line) the emacs manual says: > > The character between the back-end name and the revision ID > indicates the version control status of the file. `-' means that the > work file is not locked (if locking is in use), or not modified (if > locking is not in use). `:' indicates that the file is locked, or that > it is modified. > > However at the shell a git status says > # On branch master > nothing to commit (working directory clean) > > If I close and reopen the file the colon becomes a - > But I get a message: > > `working-revision' not found: using the old `workfile-version' instead. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html