From: Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 01:29:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (prompt-for-change-log-name): Handle the case where
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~3702
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=117aaf60575efb80ad3138063519d7dfe10ea830;p=emacs.git

(prompt-for-change-log-name): Handle the case where
a directory name is specified gracefully.
---

diff --git a/lisp/add-log.el b/lisp/add-log.el
index 57ff5228f8f..327aaf2eb9f 100644
--- a/lisp/add-log.el
+++ b/lisp/add-log.el
@@ -67,10 +67,20 @@ This defaults to the value of `user-mail-address'.")
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun prompt-for-change-log-name ()
   "Prompt for a change log name."
-  (let ((default (change-log-name)))
-    (expand-file-name
-     (read-file-name (format "Log file (default %s): " default)
-		     nil default))))
+  (let* ((default (change-log-name))
+	 (name (expand-file-name
+		(read-file-name (format "Log file (default %s): " default)
+				nil default))))
+    ;; Handle something that is syntactically a directory name.
+    ;; Look for ChangeLog or whatever in that directory.
+    (if (string= (file-name-nondirectory name) "")
+	(expand-file-name (file-name-nondirectory default)
+			  name)
+      ;; Handle specifying a file that is a directory.
+      (if (file-directory-p name)
+	  (expand-file-name (file-name-nondirectory default)
+			    (file-name-as-directory name))
+	name))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun find-change-log (&optional file-name)