Ediff directories with remote path (and Prelude?)

Question

I need to compare from time to time the contents (source code) of a remote directory with a local one. And I would like to mark for hiding those files/subdirs that are identical (that is, use the =h command). But in the list of diff sessions, the remote files are marked as *remote file* instead of appearing the time stamp, and =h does simply nothing.

I found a hack in the web, to try to handle this situation (in fact, to handle tramp and ediff interaction). The code is:

(defun ediff-listable-file (file-name)
  (let ((handler (find-file-name-handler file-name 'file-local-copy)))
    (or (null handler) (eq handler 'dired-handler-fn) (eq handler 'tramp-file-name-handler))))

(defun ediff-same-file-contents (f1 f2)
  "Return t if files F1 and F2 have identical contents."
  (if (and (not (file-directory-p f1))
           (not (file-directory-p f2)))
      (let ((res
         (apply 'call-process ediff-cmp-program nil nil nil
            (append ediff-cmp-options
                            (list (if (tramp-tramp-file-p f1)
                                      (tramp-handle-file-local-copy f1)
                                    f1)
                                  (if (tramp-tramp-file-p f2)
                                      (tramp-handle-file-local-copy f2)
                                    f2))))))
    (and (numberp res) (eq res 0)))))

The problem with this code is that with command =h I get now the error message Symbol's function definition is void: tramp-handle-file-local-copy, meaning that the mentioned function is not existing.

Could anybody please help me with this? I'm using GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8) (with Prelude Emacs configuration).

Thanks!

Update

As pointed out by the selected answer contributor, the problem is the Prelude environment. I have tried to find out were to touch without generating a disaster, and I found that Projectile might be the problem. But, after updating the Prelude configuration system (with a simple git update in .emacs.d), everything seems to work nicely, including the ediff-directories and the =h command.

Sorry, I shoud have tried that first!

Answer 1

Strange. I can compare two directories (local and remote), after starting emacs -Q. In the ediff buffer it shows me *remote file*, but it shows all files also which can be hidden after calling =h. Btw, I call usually =hx, in order to hide the superfluous files immediately.

Maybe your environment is in the way? Have you tried it with emacs -Q? My Emacs version is

GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.6) of 2015-09-17 on lgw01-52, modified by Debian