#
# new shopt `implicitcd'
# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2004-09/msg00024.html
#
--- execute_cmd.c.orig	Sun Jul  4 20:12:58 2004
+++ execute_cmd.c	Wed Sep  1 22:28:29 2004
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@
 /* The line number that the currently executing function starts on. */
 static int function_line_number;
 
+/* add an implicit `cd' if the command is the name of a directory */
+int implicitcd = 0;
+
 /* Set to 1 if fd 0 was the subject of redirection to a subshell.  Global
    so that reader_loop can set it to zero before executing a command. */
 int stdin_redir;
@@ -2909,6 +2912,20 @@
   this_command_name = words->word->word;
 
   QUIT;
+
+  if (implicitcd && interactive_shell && words->next == NULL && func == 0 && builtin == 0)
+    {
+      struct stat finfo;
+
+      if ((stat (words->word->word, &finfo) == 0) && (S_ISDIR (finfo.st_mode)))
+	{
+	  this_command_name = "cd";
+	  last_shell_builtin = this_shell_builtin;
+	  this_shell_builtin = builtin_address (this_command_name);       
+	  result = (*this_shell_builtin) (words);
+	  goto return_result;
+	}
+    }
 
   /* This command could be a shell builtin or a user-defined function.
      We have already found special builtins by this time, so we do not
--- builtins/shopt.def.orig	Wed Sep  1 22:32:59 2004
+++ builtins/shopt.def	Wed Sep  1 22:31:27 2004
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 extern int check_window_size;
 extern int glob_ignore_case;
 extern int hup_on_exit;
+extern int implicitcd;
 extern int xpg_echo;
 extern int gnu_error_format;
 
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@
   { "hostcomplete", &perform_hostname_completion, enable_hostname_completion },
 #endif
   { "huponexit", &hup_on_exit, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL },
+  { "implicitcd", &implicitcd, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL },
   { "interactive_comments", &interactive_comments, set_shellopts_after_change },
 #if defined (HISTORY)
   { "lithist", &literal_history, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL },
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@
   cdable_vars = mail_warning = 0;
   no_exit_on_failed_exec = print_shift_error = 0;
   check_hashed_filenames = cdspelling = expand_aliases = check_window_size = 0;
+  implicitcd = 0;
 
   source_uses_path = promptvars = 1;
 
--- doc/bash.1.orig	Mon Jul 12 17:27:08 2004
+++ doc/bash.1	Wed Sep  1 22:21:44 2004
@@ -7970,6 +7970,15 @@
 .B SIGHUP
 to all jobs when an interactive login shell exits.
 .TP 8
+.B implicitcd
+If this is set, a directory name typed as a command is treated as a
+request to change to that directory.
+This behavior is inhibited in non-interactive mode or for command
+strings with more than one word.
+Changing directory takes precedence over executing a like-named
+command, but it is done after alias substitutions.
+Tilde and variable expansions work as expected.
+.TP 8
 .B interactive_comments
 If set, allow a word beginning with
 .B #
--- doc/bashref.texi.orig	Wed Sep  1 22:37:32 2004
+++ doc/bashref.texi	Wed Sep  1 22:30:57 2004
@@ -3661,6 +3661,15 @@
 @item huponexit
 If set, Bash will send @code{SIGHUP} to all jobs when an interactive
 login shell exits (@pxref{Signals}).
+
+@item implicitcd
+If this is set, a directory name typed as a command is treated as a
+request to change to that directory.
+This behavior is inhibited in non-interactive mode or for command
+strings with more than one word.
+Changing directory takes precedence over executing a like-named
+command, but it is done after alias substitutions.
+Tilde and variable expansions work as expected.
 
 @item interactive_comments
 Allow a word beginning with @samp{#}