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bug#46813: 27.0.91; Form `(subdirs . nil)' in .dir-locals.el does not pr
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#46813: 27.0.91; Form `(subdirs . nil)' in .dir-locals.el does not protect subdirectories |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:09:30 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Sebastian Tennant <sdt@sebyte.me> writes:
> According to the sexp written to file tmp/.dir-locals.el in 4, variable
> `foo' should only be bound to `bar' in files under tmp/. However, when
> file tmp/sub/baz is visited in 6, the local variables list includes the
> binding 'foo : bar', deemed to be risky.
>
> The relevant section of (info "(emacs) Directory Variables") reads:
>
> "The special ‘subdirs’ element is not a variable, but a special keyword
> which indicates that the [...] settings are only to be applied in the
> current directory, not in any subdirectories."
>
> Bug, documentation bug or thinko?
There's been quite a few fixed in the .dir-locals.el code in the
development branch over the past few months. Would it be possible for
you to check "master" and see whether the problem still exists there?
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