Re: bug in copy-directory

[Chong Yidong]

Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:

>> 1. I didn't apply the change to dired-aux.el.  It doesn't seem to do the
>> right thing.  With that change patch, if I try to use the `C' command in
>> Dired, I get an error.
>>
>>    mkdir ~/a
>>    emacs ~/
>>    [move point to a]
>>    C
>>    ~/b RET  => error.
>
> To be sure:
> b is a non--existing directory, right?

Yep.

>> 2. You have non-standard indentation settings which make your patches
>> bigger than they should be, harder to read, and requires re-editing of
>> the results before they can be committed.  Stuff like this should not be
>
> I use cl indent, just apply patch and reindent.

It's unreasonable to ask others to apply a patch, edit the results, and
rediff just to read your patches.  It defeats the purpose of diffs.