Re: PR: dired-do-create-files now checks for trailing slashes in the target

[Stefan Kangas]

Rudi C <rudiwillalwaysloveyou@gmail.com> writes:

> With this patch, we can move directories into new directories if we
> explicitly end the new name with a trailing slash.
>
> So `/new_name` renames `/old_name` to `/new_name`, while `/new_name/`
> renames `/old_name` to `/new_name/old_name`.

Isn't that backwards-incompatible?

> Without this feature, one has to first create the new directory and then
> move the old directory into it, which is so unpleasant I currently just
> copy the path and use my shell's move functions.

IIRC, if you use e.g. `ido', you can create a directory from the prompt
with M-m.  I'm not sure about the default completion, but there are
similar features in other completion frameworks.  Isn't that a better
way to go about this?