Re: Having vc mode recognize file under git version control

[Vijay Lakshminarayanan]

Laird Nelson <ljnelson@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Laird

> I have a git repository that I created with git init.  (Warning: I am
> a git newbie.)
>
> I have committed several files in this directory.
>
> When I open them in Emacs and attempt to use the keystrokes that I am
> used to with vc-mode with Subversion, Emacs tells me that effectively
> these files are not under version control.
>
> "Git" is listed as one of the vc-handled-backends.
>
> How do I hypnotize emacs into realizing that yes, in fact these files
> *are* under version control, namely git?
>
> Emacs version: GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS
> apple-appkit-1038.35) of 2011-03-09 on black.porkrind.org
>
> Git version:
>
> $ git version
> git version 1.7.5.1
>
> Would git's being absent from Emacs' path be responsible for this? 
> I'm on Mac OSX Snow Leopard.

Yes, that is the reason Emacs isn't picking up git and enabling vc on
the page.

> Best,
> Laird
>
>

-- 
Cheers
~vijay

Gnus should be more complicated.