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diff --git a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/faq.adoc b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/faq.adoc index 7cbd3d0..bb73261 100644 --- a/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/faq.adoc +++ b/doc/modules/ROOT/pages/faq.adoc @@ -9,6 +9,24 @@ NOTE: Funny enough, a few years after Projectile was created, another similar project called `project.el` was born. Despite its boring name it's a great project and happens to be part of Emacs. +== How does Projectile compare to the built-in `project.el`? + +`project.el` was introduced in Emacs 25.1, released in 2016, and a lot of people +have been asking since how do the two packages compare. + +Internally they have a lot of differences (e.g. different approach to project discovery and indexing), but from the user standpoint they are probably quite similar +these days (circa 2021). Historically, Projectile had a lot more features, but many +of them found their way into `project.el` over the years. If all you need is +a way to quickly jump between project files or search/replace inside a project, you can't go wrong with both. + +For me Projectile's biggest advantage will always be that it's more community-friendly +(e.g. the development happens on GitHub), and it's not restricted by the FSF +contributor agreement, which means that everyone can easily contribute to the project. Of course, this comes with the downside that you have to install Projectile +yourselves. + +One under-appreciated advantage of Projectile is that it has way more documentation. +Okay, that's only an advantage if you're one of those rare people who enjoy reading it. + == Does Projectile work with TRAMP? Yeah, it does. I don't use TRAMP myself, however, so I never paid that |