Disable VC in special directories on Android

* lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-registered, vc-backend): Return nil
without invoking any backend if FILE or FILE-OR-LIST sits within
/content or /assets.

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
index 75f68dd80d1..8f212e96933 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
@@ -326,30 +326,37 @@ This function performs the check each time it is called.  To rely
 on the result of a previous call, use `vc-backend' instead.  If the
 file was previously registered under a certain backend, then that
 backend is tried first."
-  (let (handler)
-    (cond
-     ((and (file-name-directory file)
-           (string-match vc-ignore-dir-regexp (file-name-directory file)))
-      nil)
-     ((setq handler (find-file-name-handler file 'vc-registered))
-      ;; handler should set vc-backend and return t if registered
-      (funcall handler 'vc-registered file))
-     (t
-      ;; There is no file name handler.
-      ;; Try vc-BACKEND-registered for each handled BACKEND.
-      (catch 'found
-	(let ((backend (vc-file-getprop file 'vc-backend)))
-	  (mapc
-	   (lambda (b)
-	     (and (vc-call-backend b 'registered file)
-		  (vc-file-setprop file 'vc-backend b)
-		  (throw 'found t)))
-	   (if (or (not backend) (eq backend 'none))
-	       vc-handled-backends
-	     (cons backend vc-handled-backends))))
-        ;; File is not registered.
-        (vc-file-setprop file 'vc-backend 'none)
-        nil)))))
+  ;; Subprocesses (and with them, VC backends) can't run from /contents
+  ;; or /actions, which are fictions maintained by Emacs that do not
+  ;; exist in the filesystem.
+  (if (and (eq system-type 'android)
+           (string-match-p "/\\(content\\|assets\\)[/$]"
+                           (expand-file-name file)))
+      nil
+    (let (handler)
+      (cond
+       ((and (file-name-directory file)
+             (string-match vc-ignore-dir-regexp (file-name-directory file)))
+        nil)
+       ((setq handler (find-file-name-handler file 'vc-registered))
+        ;; handler should set vc-backend and return t if registered
+        (funcall handler 'vc-registered file))
+       (t
+        ;; There is no file name handler.
+        ;; Try vc-BACKEND-registered for each handled BACKEND.
+        (catch 'found
+	  (let ((backend (vc-file-getprop file 'vc-backend)))
+	    (mapc
+	     (lambda (b)
+	       (and (vc-call-backend b 'registered file)
+		    (vc-file-setprop file 'vc-backend b)
+		    (throw 'found t)))
+	     (if (or (not backend) (eq backend 'none))
+	         vc-handled-backends
+	       (cons backend vc-handled-backends))))
+          ;; File is not registered.
+          (vc-file-setprop file 'vc-backend 'none)
+          nil))))))
 
 (defun vc-backend (file-or-list)
   "Return the version control type of FILE-OR-LIST, nil if it's not registered.
@@ -357,15 +364,22 @@ If the argument is a list, the files must all have the same back end."
   ;; `file' can be nil in several places (typically due to the use of
   ;; code like (vc-backend buffer-file-name)).
   (cond ((stringp file-or-list)
-	 (let ((property (vc-file-getprop file-or-list 'vc-backend)))
-	   ;; Note that internally, Emacs remembers unregistered
-	   ;; files by setting the property to `none'.
-	   (cond ((eq property 'none) nil)
-		 (property)
-		 ;; vc-registered sets the vc-backend property
-		 (t (if (vc-registered file-or-list)
-			(vc-file-getprop file-or-list 'vc-backend)
-		      nil)))))
+         ;; Subprocesses (and with them, VC backends) can't run from
+         ;; /contents or /actions, which are fictions maintained by
+         ;; Emacs that do not exist in the filesystem.
+         (if (and (eq system-type 'android)
+                  (string-match-p "/\\(content\\|assets\\)[/$]"
+                                  (expand-file-name file-or-list)))
+             nil
+	   (let ((property (vc-file-getprop file-or-list 'vc-backend)))
+	     ;; Note that internally, Emacs remembers unregistered
+	     ;; files by setting the property to `none'.
+	     (cond ((eq property 'none) nil)
+		   (property)
+		   ;; vc-registered sets the vc-backend property
+		   (t (if (vc-registered file-or-list)
+			  (vc-file-getprop file-or-list 'vc-backend)
+		        nil))))))
 	((and file-or-list (listp file-or-list))
 	 (vc-backend (car file-or-list)))
 	(t