bug#72272: [PATCH] dired-hide-details-mode hides directory's absolute path

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro@xenodium.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:17:58 +0100
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Sending an initial patch. Happy to iterate on it, add tests, 
> etc. if we
> reckon the feature is worth pursuing.
> 
> Set `dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location` to non-nil and 
> toggle
> `dired-hide-details-mode` to hide the current directory's absolute 
> path.
> 
> This is my first submission, might need some process guidance.

Thanks.

Stefan and Andrea, any comments?

I have a few minor ones:

> From: xenodium <me+gh@xenodium.com>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:55:37 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Hides current location's path via dired-hide-details-mode
                                            ^^^^
Please don't use "path" for anything except PATH-style directory
lists.  The GNU Coding Standards frown on such usage.

> +(defcustom dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location t
> +  "Non-nil means `dired-hide-details-mode' hides current location's absolute path."

Same here.

> +            (if-let ((dir-base (file-name-nondirectory new-dir-name))
> +                     (dir-path (file-name-directory new-dir-name))
> +                     (hide-dir-path (and dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location

And here.

Also, this change needs a NEWS entry.