Re: [PATCH 1/2] don't treat "emacs -- file" like "emacs --chdir file"

[Jim Meyering]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The first change fixes the obvious bug, assuming the intent
>> was to allow the 4-byte "--ch" as an abbreviation for "--chdir".
>
> Thanks, committed.
>
>> The second one fixes the more general one, allowing "--" to work as it
>> does in nearly every other Unix command-line program.
>
> Hmm, without this patch "emacs -- --foo" already seems to work as
> expected.  Could you explain this patch in more detail?

You're right.  With the first one, the second one is not needed.
Good call.