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Re: ediff-directories - how to ignore timestamps and work recursively


From: Suvayu Ali
Subject: Re: ediff-directories - how to ignore timestamps and work recursively
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:03:21 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30)

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 12:34:34PM +0200, Michael Albinus wrote:
> 
> >> As bonus, it even works for remote directories.
> >
> > - courtesy of the extremely useful tramp-package (which we use every
> > day for editing remote files)?
> 
> Yes :-)
> 
> IIRC, we have patched `ediff-same-file-contents' last year in order to
> make it working for remote directories. So it might work only for Emacs
> 24.3 or later.

I feel obligated to mention this: I have used tramp for many years now,
and it never ceases to amaze me how it makes working with remote files
and directories such a pleasure in so many different contexts.

Thanks for that :).

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.



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