GNU bug report logs - #42836
27.1; default-directory is set to "/" after startup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 44446

Found in version 27.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 42836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
To: 42836 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42836: 27.1; default-directory is set to "/" after startup
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:17:28 -0400

> When I open Emacs 27.1 by invoking the executable directly (i.e. the
> last method above), the default-directory in those buffers is "~/“.

Correction: the default directory is the working directory of the parent process (i.e. the shell) in this case.

Thanks!
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