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[PATCH] Use the true name of a file to determine responsible vc.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>, 23436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23436: [PATCH] Attemp to use the true name of a file to determine responsible vc if the genuine name does not work.
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:47:03 +0300

On 20.10.2016 03:16, Hong Xu wrote:

> mkdir my-repo && cd my-repo
> hg init
> git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git
> ln -s  emacs/README README_emacs
> hg add README_emacs
>
> README_emacs is tracked in the repo "my-repo" but README is tracked in
> the emacs repo. If true name is directly used, we would fail to obtain
> the correct responsible backend.

OK, thanks.

Regarding the user option, though, wouldn't it be almost as good if you 
could call vc-follow-link interactively? Not sure if vc-follow-link 
works for directories, but a new command could.

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