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rgrep accepts wildcard, then throws it away

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Message #16 received at 71078-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 71078-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#71078: rgrep accepts wildcard, then throws it away
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:25:01 -0800

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I think this is expected, and not a bug, due to this part in grep.el:
>>
>>      (unless (and dir (file-accessible-directory-p dir))
>>        (setq dir default-directory))
>>
>> I'd rather it would signal an error in this case, to be honest, because
>
> Agreed.  The above can only make sense when `dir` doesn't matter.

Now done on master, and closing the bug.

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