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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/buffer.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c index d0e1f9a334..6b03e6d3e0 100644 --- a/src/buffer.c +++ b/src/buffer.c @@ -560,7 +560,11 @@ This does not change the name of the visited file (if any).") CHECK_STRING (name, 0); tem = Fget_buffer (name); - if (XBUFFER (tem) == current_buffer) + /* Don't short-circuit if UNIQUE is t. That is a useful way to rename + the buffer automatically so you can create another with the original name. + It makes UNIQUE equivalent to + (rename-buffer (generate-new-buffer-name NAME)). */ + if (NILP (unique) && XBUFFER (tem) == current_buffer) return current_buffer->name; if (!NILP (tem)) { |