bug#4207: 23.1; vc-dir with git uses wrong base directory

[Dan Nicolaescu]

merge 1589 4207 3359
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Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

  > I have a git working tree.
  > 
  > I ran vc-dir on a subdirectory of this tree.
  > 
  > In *vc-dir*, I go to an edited file and type '='.
  > 
  > Emacs says: No changes between working revision and workfile
  > 
  > However, if I look at *Messages*, I can see from the "Finding changes"
  > output that VC is examining the wrong file -- the subdirectory's name
  > appears twice in the computed file name.
  > 
  > E.g., the message says:
  > 
  > Finding changes in /home/tromey/gnu/archer/archer/gdb/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c...
  > 
  > ... but no such file exists, the file is actually called
  > 
  >     /home/tromey/gnu/archer/archer/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c
  > 
  > (one less "gdb" in there)

Thanks, this is the same issue as bug 1589