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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -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
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--- 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.