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diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index e3da0ca44e6..9b2322e1850 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -1485,6 +1485,12 @@ argument to @kbd{M-x delete-file} or @kbd{M-x delete-directory} makes them delete outright, instead of using the Trash, regardless of @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash}. +@ifnottex + If a file is under version control (@pxref{Version Control}), you +should delete it using @kbd{M-x vc-delete-file} instead of @kbd{M-x +delete-file}. @xref{VC Delete/Rename}. +@end ifnottex + @findex copy-file @cindex copying files @kbd{M-x copy-file} reads the file @var{old} and writes a new file @@ -1498,6 +1504,7 @@ it creates a copy of the @var{old} directory and puts it in @var{new}. If @var{new} is not an existing directory, it copies all the contents of @var{old} into a new directory named @var{new}. +@cindex renaming files @findex rename-file @kbd{M-x rename-file} reads two file names @var{old} and @var{new} using the minibuffer, then renames file @var{old} as @var{new}. If @@ -1512,6 +1519,12 @@ RET /tmp RET} renames @file{~/foo} to @file{/tmp/foo}. The same rule applies to all the remaining commands in this section. All of them ask for confirmation when the new file name already exists, too. +@ifnottex + If a file is under version control (@pxref{Version Control}), you +should rename it using @kbd{M-x vc-rename-file} instead of @kbd{M-x +rename-file}. @xref{VC Delete/Rename}. +@end ifnottex + @findex add-name-to-file @cindex hard links (creation) @kbd{M-x add-name-to-file} adds an additional name to an existing |