Signify Broken for Custom Perforce-Based VCS
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Description
A recent update to vim-signify breaks my configuration.
I am using vim-signify with a proprietary Perforce-Based VCS. It is mostly identical to Perforce, except with a different executable name. Very strange, I know...
Previously, I had everything working with the following values set:
```
let g:signify_vcs_list = [ 'perforce', 'hg', 'git' ]
let g:signify_vcs_cmds = { 'perforce': '/* Custom VCS Diff Command */' }
```
Now the output from `:SignifyDebug` shows the error `Not a git repository`.
Maybe this is an instance of RTFM, but nothing has jumped out at me yet. I suspect this is caused by some of the recent async/detection changes. Since my scenario/configuration is so unique, I will spend some time debugging the issue.
I read through Issue #319, and is sounds similar but unrelated. As you suggested there, I will revert to the legacy branch for now.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with :SignifyDebug and the recent async/detection changes, comparing the documented configuration with the legacy branch behavior. Reproduce the custom Perforce-based VCS setup and verify that detection uses the configured executable rather than falling through to Git; done means :SignifyDebug reports the custom VCS without the repository error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vim
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100