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

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Message #44 received at 23436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: dgutov <at> yandex.ru, 23436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, hong <at> topbug.net
Subject: Re: 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 13:02:51 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
> Cc: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>,  dgutov <at> yandex.ru,  23436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:46:50 +0200
> 
> On Okt 20 2016, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > What bothers me is that the use case where there really is no backend
> > will now take twice as much time as it did before.
> 
> Perhaps only do that if the file is a symlink?

Something like that, yes.  Wouldn't a hard link also be a candidate?
Are there any others?

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