Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:30:15 +0200
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From: Dmitry Gutov<dgutov@yandex.ru>
If this type of project doesn't have to be "backed by a VCS", then what does
distinguish it from other types of projects?
It difficult to come up with a name using a principle like that when the
preceding effort was made to be able to accommodate the projects of
different users with new usage patterns.
It is "VC aware" or maybe "VC friendly", and it works with projects in
the shape of directory trees. But both characterizations can apply to
e.g. Projectile as well. Except the latter is probably more flexible,
and our backend is probably faster, especially over Tramp.
But if we just compare with the other builtin ('transient'), then its
VC awareness is probably the key thing. And the customization options it
has (which 'transient' doesn't).