GNU bug report logs - #21535
25.0.50; vc-follow-symlinks=ask is ineffective for directory links

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#21535: 25.0.50; vc-follow-symlinks=ask is ineffective for directory links
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:57:16 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Maybe:
>
> cd /tmp
> mkdir git
> cd git
> touch 1
> git init
> git add .
> git commit -m "c1"
> cd /tmp
> ln -s git/1
> ln -s git git2

Thanks!

> emacs -Q /tmp/1
>  -> "Symbolic link to Git-controlled source file; follow link?"
>
> emacs -Q /tmp/git2/1
>  -> no prompt
>
> I don't think I see why that matters though, so maybe not the right example.

I think that's the correct recipe for the issue described.

And it does seem rather odd, doesn't it?  In both cases, we're following
a symlink, but we only get the warning in the first case?

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