I don't think vc-git-registered-file will ever be called with a filename without a directory, as it is used as a hook on vc-next-action, which works on a real file. Either way, it's a modified patch: Fix vc-git.el to not cd into a non-existent directory. --- contrib/emacs/vc-git.el | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) base c902c9a608c1b727160d6fbb04fa363d9418cd00 last 96e9944b714094ab81f8091711a92506886b8004 diff --git a/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el b/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el index 8b6361922fd6e6a2fcd9acb20fd54f5b645b36f0..668bd4a98653046aadf91e7a91af6cd76ba044d4 100644 --- a/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el +++ b/contrib/emacs/vc-git.el @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ (with-temp-buffer (let* ((dir (file-name-directory file)) (name (file-relative-name file dir))) - (when dir (cd dir)) + (when (and dir (file-exists-p dir)) (cd dir)) (and (ignore-errors (eq 0 (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil "ls-files" "-c" "-z" "--" name))) (let ((str (buffer-string))) (and (> (length str) (length name)) -- 1.4.4.1 - 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