GNU bug report logs - #10458
24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:13:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.92

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:07:18 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:50:36 +0100
> Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> But adding ./ to file names that start with - should be safe, I think?

It changes semantics.  The list of file names passed to a command
doesn't necessarily mean "open each file and process it", it could
mean something else, like "make a list of files".  So I don't think we
should do that.
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