bug#43153: Add new command project-find-dir (and move binding of project-dired)

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 20.09.2021 09:54, Juri Linkov wrote:
> > Here's a quick implementation of this feature inside project-dired:
>
> Thanks, I tried it and everything's working as expected.
>
> > Note that the user can simply press RET without typing any directory name
> > and that will launch Dired in the project root.
>
> This is a nice feature.
>
> > That seems like it might make having a separate command unnecessary, since
> > 'C-x p D' and 'C-x p d RET' take the same number of keypresses. The latter
> > might make you move your hand farther, though.
>
> We had such discussion about 'C-x v d' where the request
> was for a command that doesn't require RET.  But 'C-x v D'
> can't be used because it's bound to 'vc-root-diff'.

True.

> BTW, I have such customization:
>
>    (define-key project-prefix-map "V" vc-prefix-map)
>
> to allow vc commands in a project, e.g. 'C-x p V D' for 'vc-root-diff'.

Hmm. I'm not sure when I'd use it instead of the shorter 'C-x v D'.

When you are inside a Git submodule, maybe? It can make a difference. 
But then you have to be aware that the diff will not include changes in 
the submodules (just the changed summary hashes).