Subject: bug#18891: Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 10:33:21 -0500

>> So maybe we should simply change tramp-default-method-alist to default
>> to nil, and to say that if none of the entries match, then the file is
>> passed through rather than handled by Tramp.
> How does that fix the annoyance?

It removes the /<host>: from the defaults (so there's no more risk of it
colliding with a local file name), but it lets you keep using that
/<host>: syntax for those specific entries you want (and if they collide
with a local file, it's your own fault).

        Stefan