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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index ffa8e0a328f..82f190a013f 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -727,18 +727,22 @@ PATH-AND-SUFFIXES is a pair of lists, (DIRECTORIES . SUFFIXES)." (defun locate-dominating-file (file regexp) "Look up the directory hierarchy from FILE for a file matching REGEXP." - (while (and file (not (file-directory-p file))) - (setq file (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file)))) (catch 'found - (let ((user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))) + ;; `user' is not initialized yet because `file' may not exist, so we may + ;; have to walk up part of the hierarchy before we find the "initial UID". + (let ((user nil) ;; Abbreviate, so as to stop when we cross ~/. (dir (abbreviate-file-name (file-name-as-directory file))) files) - ;; As a heuristic, we stop looking up the hierarchy of directories as - ;; soon as we find a directory belonging to another user. This should - ;; save us from looking in things like /net and /afs. This assumes - ;; that all the files inside a project belong to the same user. - (while (and dir (equal user (nth 2 (file-attributes dir)))) + (while (and dir + ;; As a heuristic, we stop looking up the hierarchy of + ;; directories as soon as we find a directory belonging to + ;; another user. This should save us from looking in + ;; things like /net and /afs. This assumes that all the + ;; files inside a project belong to the same user. + (let ((prev-user user)) + (setq user (nth 2 (file-attributes file))) + (not (or (null prev-user) (equal user prev-user))))) (if (setq files (directory-files dir 'full regexp)) (throw 'found (car files)) (if (equal dir |