GNU bug report logs - #32967
dired-do-rename: don't say overwrite when you really mean attach as child

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 13:34:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#32967: closed (Re: bug#32967: dired-do-rename: don't say
 overwrite when you really mean attach as child)
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 23:10:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#32967: dired-do-rename: don't say overwrite when you really mean attach as child

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 32967-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32967: dired-do-rename: don't say overwrite when you really
 mean attach as child
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 07:09:07 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> I'm not sure what you're referring to here.  Do you have a test case?
Not today anymore. Closing.


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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: dired-do-rename: don't say overwrite when you really mean attach as
 child
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:31:48 +0800

R runs the command dired-do-rename (found in dired-mode-map)

It says e.g.,
Overwrite ‘/tmp/201840’? [Type yn!q or C-h]

That is great, but it just uses the same message for all cases:
file->file
file->directory
directory->file
directory->directory.

At least the case I tested: directory->directory, overwriting is very
much different that what really happens (attaching as child).

emacs-version "25.2.2"
Yes I'm sure I reported this before.
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 312 days ago.

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