From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 20:19:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (dired-internal-noselect): When setting default-directory,
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.1~2506
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e3cd4b53c518ee04eae13e52825fc9ffb5ba59e9;p=emacs.git

(dired-internal-noselect): When setting default-directory,
don't check file-name-directory.
---

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 3792af9727a..5f25f933d8d 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -481,9 +481,11 @@ If DIRNAME is already in a dired buffer, that buffer is used without refresh."
 			   "Directory has changed on disk; type \\[revert-buffer] to update Dired")))))
       ;; Else a new buffer
       (setq default-directory
-	    (if (file-directory-p dirname)
-		dirname
-	      (file-name-directory dirname)))
+	    ;; We can do this unconditionally
+	    ;; because dired-noselect ensures that the name
+	    ;; is passed in directory name syntax
+	    ;; if it was the name of a directory at all.
+	    (file-name-directory dirname))
       (or switches (setq switches dired-listing-switches))
       (dired-mode dirname switches)
       (if mode (funcall mode))