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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for explicitly-remote commands in Eshell

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for explicitly-remote commands in Eshell
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2023 12:31:04 -0700

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This patch adds the ability to run a command in Eshell from any host, no 
matter your current directory. For example, you could run 
"/ssh:user <at> remote:whoami" from a local dir, which would run "whoami" 
over the SSH connection for "user <at> remote". Similarly, you could run 
"/:whoami" to run the local "whoami" even from a remote dir. (The latter 
syntax is just piggybacking off of quoted file names, which otherwise 
have no special meaning in Eshell.)

Prior to the main patch, I also added a bit of documentation about how 
remote access works in Eshell. These are separate commits so that, if we 
wanted, we could backport the first patch to the Emacs 29 branch.

[0001-Add-documentation-about-remote-access-in-Eshell.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0002-Add-support-for-explicitly-remote-commands-in-Eshell.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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