* lisp/dired.el (dired-get-marked-files): Allow ! on . and ...

Fixes: debbugs:12725

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 71b3e3029b3..ea75d3774a1 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2012-10-25  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+        * dired.el (dired-get-marked-files): Allow ! on . and .. (bug#12725).
+
         * minibuffer.el (minibuffer-force-complete): Fix thinko.
 
         * net/ldap.el (ldap-search-internal): The official ldif format starts
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 9094ce08f0a..fb2f7281130 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ Don't use that together with FILTER."
   (let* ((all-of-them
           (save-excursion
             (dired-map-over-marks
-             (dired-get-filename localp)
+             (dired-get-filename localp 'no-error-if-not-filep)
              arg nil distinguish-one-marked)))
          result)
     (if (not filter)