Tweak how eshell/cd works when cd-ing to ".." from "/"

* lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el (eshell/cd): Make "cd .." from "/" less
confusing (bug#16861).

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el b/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
index 893cad7b4fb..3998026d7f4 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ in the minibuffer:
         (unless (equal curdir newdir)
           (eshell-add-to-dir-ring curdir))
         (let ((result (cd newdir)))
+          ;; If we're in "/" and cd to ".." or the like, make things
+          ;; less confusing by changing "/.." to "/".
+          (when (equal (file-truename result) "/")
+            (setq result (cd "/")))
           (and eshell-cd-shows-directory
                (eshell-printn result)))
         (run-hooks 'eshell-directory-change-hook)