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Unable to open file under Git VC

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Yan Gajdos <yan <at> gajdos.info>
Cc: 49683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49683: Unable to open file under Git VC
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:57:12 +0200

Yan Gajdos <yan <at> gajdos.info> writes:

> Explanation:
> The file used to be in a Git hierarchy, but its directory was moved, and this directory is only pointed to with a symbolic link now.
> This seems to give the impression that it both is and isn't under version control, so vc-working-revision returning nil causes the issue.
>
> Solution:
> Only attempt to get substring of rev if rev is non-nil.

Thanks; makes sense to me.  I've now pushed your patch to Emacs 28.

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