(locate-dominating-file): Accept non-existing argument.

(project-find-settings-file): Rewrite, using locate-dominating-file.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2008-05-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* files.el (locate-dominating-file): Accept non-existing argument.
+	(project-find-settings-file): Rewrite, using locate-dominating-file.
+
 2008-05-22  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
-	* faces.el (font-weight-table, font-slant-table)
-	(font-width-table): Delete them.  Don't call
-	internal-set-font-style-table.
+	* faces.el (font-weight-table, font-slant-table, font-width-table):
+	Delete them.  Don't call internal-set-font-style-table.
 	* international/mule-diag.el (font-show-log): New function.
 	* international/fontset.el (script-representative-chars): Add more
 	chars for latin.  Add data for symbol.
-	(setup-default-fontset): Add entries for phonetic, armenian, and
-	symbol.
+	(setup-default-fontset): Add entries for phonetic, armenian, and symbol.
 2008-05-21  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>

lisp/files.el

@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ PATH-AND-SUFFIXES is a pair of lists, (DIRECTORIES . SUFFIXES)."
                   (let ((prev-user user))
                     (setq user (nth 2 (file-attributes file)))
                     (or (null prev-user) (equal user prev-user))))
-        (if (setq files (directory-files dir 'full regexp))
+        (if (setq files (and (file-directory-p dir)
+                             (directory-files dir 'full regexp)))
             (throw 'found (car files))
           (if (equal dir
                      (setq dir (file-name-directory
@@ -3119,19 +3120,21 @@ If a settings file is found, the file name is returned.
 If the file is in a registered project, a cons from
 `project-directory-alist' is returned.
 Otherwise this returns nil."
-  (let ((dir (file-name-directory file))
-	(result nil))
-    (while (and (not (string= dir "/"))
-		(not result))
-      (cond
-       ((setq result (assoc dir project-directory-alist))
-	;; Nothing else.
-	nil)
-       ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name ".dir-settings.el" dir))
-	(setq result (expand-file-name ".dir-settings.el" dir)))
-       (t
-	(setq dir (file-name-directory (directory-file-name dir))))))
-    result))
+  (setq file (expand-file-name file))
+  (let* ((settings (locate-dominating-file file "\\`\\.dir-settings\\.el\\'"))
+         (pda nil))
+    ;; `locate-dominating-file' may have abbreviated the name.
+    (if settings (setq settings (expand-file-name settings)))
+    (dolist (x project-directory-alist)
+      (when (and (eq t (compare-strings file nil (length (car x))
+                                        (car x) nil nil))
+                 (> (length (car x)) (length (car pda))))
+        (setq pda x)))
+    (if (and settings pda)
+        (if (> (length (file-name-directory settings))
+               (length (car pda)))
+            settings pda)
+      (or settings pda))))
 
 (defun project-define-from-project-file (settings-file)
   "Load a settings file and register a new project class and instance.