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bug#66903: 29.1; shell-mode directory tracking incorrectly handles doubl


From: Allen Li
Subject: bug#66903: 29.1; shell-mode directory tracking incorrectly handles double slashes
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 03:43:35 -0700

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 12:26 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
I think we disagree about what should be fixed: the value of
default-directory or the directory to which "cd ~//bin" switches.

Sorry, let me clarify

Currently, `cd ~//bin` will cause the shell (Bash or similar) to change to ~/bin, and Emacs/shell-mode will change `default-directory` to `/bin`.

This bug is saying that Emacs/shell-mode should change `default-directory` to `~/bin` by default, optionally with a user option that reverts to the current behavior in case the user has in fact explicitly configured to use a shell that interprets `cd ~//bin` to mean `cd /bin` (although I am not aware of any shells that do this (except eshell, which is not relevant to this issue)).

I (mis?)interpreted your statement to mean that you think the current behavior is not a bug and should be the default (that Emacs/shell-mode should change `default-directory` to `/bin` even though the shell changes to ~/bin).

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