bug#7169: cannot specify coding via dir-locals

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: 7169@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:00:02 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Independently of the potential bug, why is it a good idea to have such
> > a setting in the Emacs tree?  There are some files for which this will
> > do the wrong thing.
> 
> It will?
> There are 59 ChangeLog* files in the Emacs tree.
> 50 have a coding: cookie.
> All but one of those (an old Gnus ChangeLog) use utf-8.

I wasn't talking about ChangeLog files.  Unless I misunderstand, your
addition will be in effect with any file in the tree.