* NEWS: Mention that mv can now remove an empty destination directory,

and give an example.  Prompted by a report from Florent Bayle.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 277ee3e..a4391a4 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-07  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention that mv can now remove an empty destination directory,
+       and give an example.  Prompted by a report from Florent Bayle.
+
 2006-07-05  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * src/ls.c (usage): Correct the description of -G: it is useful

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 614c69f..bac4ecd 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   mv: moving a symlink into the place of an existing non-directory is
   now done atomically;  before, mv would first unlink the destination.
 
-  mv -T DIR EMPTY_DIR no longer fails unconditionally
+  mv -T DIR EMPTY_DIR no longer fails unconditionally.  Also, mv can
+  now remove an empty destination directory: mkdir -p a b/a; mv a b
 
   rm (on systems with openat) can no longer exit before processing
   all command-line arguments.