GNU bug report logs - #23735
25.0.94; In dired, under Winodws, "." and ".." has swapped places

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23735 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23735: 25.0.94;
 In dired, under Winodws, "." and ".." has swapped places
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:44:23 +0300

> From: Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:43:44 +0200
> 
> In Dired, the entry for "." used to be before "..". However, now, when running under Windows, they have
> swapped places, as is:
> 
> drwxrwxrwx 1 andersl Domain Users 0 02-26 16:28 ..
> drwxrwxrwx 1 andersl Domain Users 4096 03-11 11:52 .

That's because ls-lisp-UCA-like-collation is non-nil by default.  This
is a side effect.

> Clearly, this is not the end of the world, but a bit annoying when you are accustomed to go up in the directory
> tree by pressing RET on the second line.

I suggest to get used to it, because the results with other names that
include punctuation characters are useful.  Or you can turn that off
and get the old behavior.

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