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

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Message #8 received at 32967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 32967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32967: dired-do-rename: don't say overwrite when you really
 mean attach as child
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:58:11 +0200

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

> 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).

I'm not sure what you're referring to here.  Do you have a test case?

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