From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:14:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: "rm -FOO" now suggests "rm ./-FOO" if the file "-FOO"
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"rm -FOO" now suggests "rm ./-FOO" if the file "-FOO"
exists and "-FOO" is not a valid option.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d9e0c17c2b..7b19332a28 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-2005-08-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+2005-08-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	* Version 5.3.1-cvs.
 
+	* NEWS: "rm -FOO" now suggests "rm ./-FOO" if the file "-FOO"
+	exists and "-FOO" is not a valid option.
+	* src/rm.c: Include lstat.h, quotearg.h.
+	(diagnose_leading_hyphen): New function.
+	(main): Use it.
+
+2005-08-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
 	* src/du.c: Go ahead and leave the patch in (i.e., revert
 	today's change).  It doesn't cause a problem after all, since
 	--exclude-from=- is always handled before --files0-from=F.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b708f74ce1..ed91acf70a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   If stdin is a terminal, nohup now redirects it from /dev/null to
   prevent the command from tying up an OpenSSH session after you logout.
 
+  "rm -FOO" now suggests "rm ./-FOO" if the file "-FOO" exists and
+  "-FOO" is not a valid option.
+
   stat -f -c %S outputs the fundamental block size (used for block counts).
   stat -f's default output format has been changed to output this size as well.
   stat -f recognizes file systems of type XFS and JFS