On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 07:25:16PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 2026-01-31 10:01, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > > changing to a directory does not imply any "transformation". > > > > On the other hand, --one-top-level seems to fall closely to --transform > > class of options. > > Depends on how it's documented, I suppose. If we document it as an extension > of -C (which it kinda is), then it's not a transformation either.
I suppose it makes sense to treat it this way, but note that due to the rule that the file path prefix is removed after adding the --one-top-level directory, there is still a transformation aspect in any case. P.
