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mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default

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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Petr Malat <oss <at> malat.biz>, util-linux <util-linux <at> vger.kernel.org>, Dominique Martinet <asmadeus <at> codewreck.org>, 69532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Karel Zak <kzak <at> redhat.com>, Rob Landley <rob <at> landley.net>
Subject: bug#69532: mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:24:15 +0100

On 3/23/24 02:44, Paul Eggert wrote:
> I installed the attached patches to do the above. (Basically, the
> problem was that my earlier patches were too ambitious; these patches
> scale things back to avoid some optimizations so that mv --exchange is
> more like ordinary mv.)
>
> The first patch simplifies the code (and fixes a diagnostic to be more
> useful) without otherwise changing behavior; it's more of a refactoring.
> The second patch does the real work.

Thanks.

We should put adding more tests on our TODO list still.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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