GNU bug report logs - #33264
Whitelist vc-follow-symlinks as a safe file variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Eugene J." <w3techplayground <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 02:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "Eugene J." <w3techplayground <at> gmail.com>, 33264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33264: Whitelist vc-follow-symlinks as a safe file variable
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:21:32 +0300

On 15.07.2019 18:50, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> The doc string says that a nil is "dangerous", but doesn't say what the
> danger is

I don't understand the nature of the danger exactly as well, but I think 
the docstring means that the danger occurs when you edit _without_ 
following symlinks. Hence the default value (ask, then follow).
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