Re: vc-*-root finctions

[Stefan Monnier]

> ;; - root (dir)
> ;;
> ;;   Return DIR's "root" directory, that is, a parent directory of
> ;;   DIR for which the same backend as used for DIR applies.  If no
> ;;   such parent exists, this function should return DIR.

This part I inferred, but of course it is necessary (weren't you the
guy complaining harshly about lack of comments in VC's in-development
code ;-)?

> I am using vc-BACKEND-root for (work-in-progress, see below)
> `vc-status-mode' munging.

I don't understand what for (in terms of user-level feature)?


        Stefan