bug#34949: 27.0.50; Docstring of `vc-deduce-fileset' incomplete

[Juri Linkov]

>> Are you sure you don't want to split it into a new command that will simply
>> mark a set of files you expect here? E.g. all belonging to "registered"
>> statuses. That might require extra keypress, but vc-dir-root-registered is
>> probably not going to have the same short combination that vc-dir has
>> anyway. So it might be a wash, keypresses-wise.
>
> VC-Dir needs the same key prefix as is provided by Dired:
>
> * %             dired-mark-files-regexp
> * *             dired-mark-executables
> * /             dired-mark-directories
> * ?             dired-unmark-all-files
> * @             dired-mark-symlinks
> * s             dired-mark-subdir-files
>
> Then VC-Dir could provide, for example:
>
> * r             vc-dir-mark-registered
> * u             vc-dir-mark-unregistered
> ...

This is implemented as well:

diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
index 38b4937e85..87b6b3b547 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-dir.el
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ vc-dir-menu-map
       '(menu-item "Unmark Previous " vc-dir-unmark-file-up
                  :help "Move to the previous line and unmark the file"))
 
+    (define-key map [mark-unregistered]
+      '(menu-item "Mark Unregistered" vc-dir-mark-unregistered-files
+                 :help "Mark all files in the unregistered state"))
+    (define-key map [mark-registered]
+      '(menu-item "Mark Registered" vc-dir-mark-registered-files
+                 :help "Mark all files in the state edited, added or removed"))
     (define-key map [mark-all]
       '(menu-item "Mark All" vc-dir-mark-all-files
                  :help "Mark all files that are in the same state as the 
current file\
@@ -310,6 +316,11 @@ vc-dir-mode-map
       (define-key branch-map "l" 'vc-print-branch-log)
       (define-key branch-map "s" 'vc-retrieve-tag))
 
+    (let ((mark-map (make-sparse-keymap)))
+      (define-key map "*" mark-map)
+      (define-key mark-map "r" 'vc-dir-mark-registered-files)
+      (define-key mark-map "u" 'vc-dir-mark-unregistered-files))
+
     ;; Hook up the menu.
     (define-key map [menu-bar vc-dir-mode]
       `(menu-item
@@ -696,6 +707,27 @@ vc-dir-mark-all-files
                (vc-dir-mark-file crt)))
            (setq crt (ewoc-next vc-ewoc crt))))))))
 
+(defun vc-dir-mark-state-files (states)
+  "Mark files that are in the state specified by the list in STATES."
+  (unless (listp states)
+    (setq states (list states)))
+  (ewoc-map
+   (lambda (filearg)
+     (when (memq (vc-dir-fileinfo->state filearg) states)
+       (setf (vc-dir-fileinfo->marked filearg) t)
+       t))
+   vc-ewoc))
+
+(defun vc-dir-mark-registered-files ()
+  "Mark files that are in one of registered state: edited, added or removed."
+  (interactive)
+  (vc-dir-mark-state-files '(edited added removed)))
+
+(defun vc-dir-mark-unregistered-files ()
+  "Mark files that are in unregistered state."
+  (interactive)
+  (vc-dir-mark-state-files 'unregistered))
+
 (defun vc-dir-unmark-file ()
   ;; Unmark the current file and move to the next line.
   (let* ((crt (ewoc-locate vc-ewoc))