(eshell-get-target): If `eshell-buffer-shorthand' is in use, and the

target is `t' or `nil' (which are the most common values), don't
assume that the symbol target is a buffer.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
index 6944770dbc9..1161013cf58 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ it defaults to `insert'."
    ((or (bufferp target)
         (and (boundp 'eshell-buffer-shorthand)
              (symbol-value 'eshell-buffer-shorthand)
-             (symbolp target)))
+             (symbolp target)
+             (not (memq target '(t nil)))))
     (let ((buf (if (bufferp target)
                    target
                  (get-buffer-create