Re: tramp (2.2.5-pre); ediff-directories somewhat crippled by TRAMP

[Michael Albinus]

Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't know whether this is a TRAMP problem or an ediff problem or some
> combination, but if I'm doing an ediff-directories using
> /sudo::... directories (i.e. even on the local machine), `= h x', which
> is supposed to hide all identical files, doesn't work.  I'd really like
> this to work across the network too, if possible.

I've committed a fix to Emacs' trunk (in ediff-diff.el). This works when
both directories belong to the same (remote) host.

It would also be possible for directories on different hosts, but this
would require a change in the algorithm.

Best regards, Michael.