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24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

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Message #64 received at 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:14:36 -0500

> But adding ./ to file names that start with - should be safe, I think?
> So I've now done that in Emacs 29.

The problem with that is that it's hackish and ad-hoc.  It will
sometimes do the right thing, but other times it' not what's expected
and users will find it odd.

An alternative is to pass absolute file names.  And I think it would
make sense in that case to let the user choose between relative names
and absolute names.


        Stefan

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