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: 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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