Add new command `rename-visited-file'

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Save Commands): Document it.

* lisp/files.el (rename-visited-file): New command (bug#56229).
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Zachary Kanfer 2022-06-28 14:13:58 +02:00 committed by Lars Ingebrigtsen
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@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ With prefix argument (@kbd{C-u}), mark the current buffer as changed.
Save the current buffer with a specified file name (@code{write-file}).
@item M-x set-visited-file-name
Change the file name under which the current buffer will be saved.
@item M-x rename-visited-file
The same as @kbd{M-x set-visited-file-name}, but also rename the file
the buffer if visiting (if any).
@end table
@kindex C-x C-s

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@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ match those regexps will be ignored by 'switch-to-prev-buffer' and
** Menus
** New command 'rename-visited-file'.
This command renames the file visited by the current buffer by moving
it to a new location, and also makes the buffer visit this new file.
---
*** The entries following the buffers in the "Buffers" menu can now be altered.
Change the 'menu-bar-buffers-menu-command-entries' variable to alter

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@ -4824,6 +4824,26 @@ Interactively, confirmation is required unless you supply a prefix argument."
;; It's likely that the VC status at the new location is different from
;; the one at the old location.
(vc-refresh-state)))
(defun rename-visited-file (new-location)
"Rename the file visited by the current buffer to NEW-LOCATION.
This command also sets the visited file name. If the buffer
isn't visiting any file, that's all it does.
Interactively, this prompts for NEW-LOCATION."
(interactive
(list (if buffer-file-name
(read-file-name "Rename visited file to: ")
(read-file-name "Set visited file name: "
default-directory
(expand-file-name
(file-name-nondirectory (buffer-name))
default-directory)))))
(when (and buffer-file-name
(file-exists-p buffer-file-name))
(rename-file buffer-file-name new-location))
(set-visited-file-name new-location nil t))
(defun file-extended-attributes (filename)
"Return an alist of extended attributes of file FILENAME.