Samuel Loury <konubinix@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear Nicolas,

[...]

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+CATEGORY: c
> * foo
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :CATEGORY: a
>   :END:
> ** bar
>    :PROPERTIES:
>    :CATEGORY: b
>    :END:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> `org-get-category' in the bar headline returns 'a', while I would expect
> it to return 'b'.

[...]

> I don't understand why one would want to remove this behavior. Does it
> raise a technical issue?

After a quick look at the code, I wonder if this new behavior is a
technical choice or hopefully a simple mistake.

Please find attached a patch that restores the behavior of taking into
account the CATEGORY keyword in sub-trees also.