Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Yet another possibility is to refrain from calling rename-file when
> the moved file is a directory, and instead to do what rename-file
> does, with a twist, "by hand".  That is what I actually prefer, as
> nothing is really wrong with rename-file.

I'm afraid I don't understand your suggestion.

I've attached the proof-of-concept patch that I came up with, which just
modifies move-file-to-trash.  I've tested it with files and directories,
both same-filesystem and crossing filesystems.  Did you have in mind
something similar?

cheers,
mike