"Whether Dired should create destination dirs when copying/removing files.
If nil, don't create them.
If `always', create them without asking.
-If `ask', ask for user confirmation."
+If `ask', ask for user confirmation.
+
+Also see `dired-create-destination-dirs-on-trailing-dirsep'."
:type '(choice (const :tag "Never create non-existent dirs" nil)
(const :tag "Always create non-existent dirs" always)
(const :tag "Ask for user confirmation" ask))
:group 'dired
:version "27.1")
+(defcustom dired-create-destination-dirs-on-trailing-dirsep nil
+ "If non-nil, treat a trailing slash at queried destination dir specially.
+
+If this variable is non-nil and a single destination filename is
+queried which ends in a directory separator (/), it will be
+treated as a non-existent directory and acted on according to
+`dired-create-destination-dirs'.
+
+This option is only relevant if `dired-create-destination-dirs'
+is non-nil, too.
+
+For example, if both `dired-create-destination-dirs' and this
+option are non-nil, renaming a directory named `old_name' to
+`new_name/' (note the trailing directory separator) where
+`new_name' does not exists already, it will be created and
+`old_name' be moved into it. If only `new_name' (without the
+trailing /) is given or this option or
+`dired-create-destination-dirs' is `nil', `old_name' will be
+renamed to `new_name'."
+ :type '(choice
+ (const :tag
+ (concat "Do not treat destination dirs with a "
+ "trailing directory separator specially")
+ nil)
+ (const :tag
+ (concat "Treat destination dirs with trailing "
+ "directory separator specially")
+ t))
+ :group 'dired
+ :version "29.1")
+
(defun dired-maybe-create-dirs (dir)
"Create DIR if doesn't exist according to `dired-create-destination-dirs'."
(when (and dired-create-destination-dirs (not (file-exists-p dir)))
target-dir op-symbol arg rfn-list default))))
(into-dir
(progn
- (unless dired-one-file (dired-maybe-create-dirs target))
+ (when
+ (or
+ (not dired-one-file)
+ (and dired-create-destination-dirs-on-trailing-dirsep
+ (directory-name-p target)))
+ (dired-maybe-create-dirs target))
(cond ((null how-to)
;; Allow users to change the letter case of
;; a directory on a case-insensitive