bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects

[Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

Jim Porter [2022-02-14 13:38:58] wrote:
> I've only lightly tested this patch, but I think it should resolve the
> issue. It only sets the "home-directory" connection property when
> a connection is already established. Otherwise, it just uses the cached
> value (if any).
>
> Maybe there's a cleaner way to do this though; opportunistically setting
> a connection property like this seems like something there might be
> a special function for in Tramp, but I didn't see one after a bit of looking
> so this is what I went with.

Thanks Jim.

Michael, I assume you'll want to take care of this patch.  Let me know
if you prefer that I install it, of course,


        Stefan