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23.1; vc: fails to follow symlinks inside HOME

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Message #18 received at 5297-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Yuya Nishihara <yuya <at> tcha.org>
Cc: 5297-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5297: [PATCH] vc: fixed test of symlinks on abbreviatable path
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:26:02 +0800

Yuya Nishihara <yuya <at> tcha.org> writes:

>     vc: fixed test of symlinks on abbreviatable path
>     
>     buffer-file-truename is *abbreviated* truename, but
>     buffer-file-name seems not, so we need to expand it.
>     
>     With abbreviated file-name, at least, vc-git and vc-hg are not detected
>     as backend. This means symlinks to git/hg-managed files on HOME directory
>     are not handled by vc-find-file-hook.

Sorry for the long delay.  I didn't have a test case, but this patch
looks correct so I've installed it in trunk.

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