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make resolving symlinks in compilation-find-file optional

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Qiang Fang <qiang.fang <at> zoho.com.cn>
Subject: bug#64131: closed (Re: bug#64131: make resolving symlinks in
 compilation-find-file optional)
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:26:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#64131: make resolving symlinks in compilation-find-file optional

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 64131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: qiang.fang <at> zoho.com.cn, 64131-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64131: make resolving symlinks in compilation-find-file
 optional
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 16:59:10 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Cc: 64131 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 02:39:33 -0800
>>
>> Qiang <qiang.fang <at> zoho.com.cn> writes:
>>
>> > Without that tiny modification, I have problem jump to the file in my
>> > git-annex folder, it jump to the actual database folder, what I want
>> > to the folder that have the symlink. I think it should be the default.
>> >
>> > People use symlinks to organize text documents, a file may have links
>> > in different dirs. For example, if we use dirs as catalogues, when a
>> > file is opened following the search result in a "rg" buffer, it would
>> > be convenient to jump to the catalogue by just M-x "dired". However,
>> > the current behavior is to jump to the dir that has the symlink
>> > destination file. For people using git-annex, the symlink destination
>> > dir could be a database dir, and it is not supposed to be accessed
>> > directly.
>>
>> Could you provide a recipe for how to test this, for someone that
>> doesn't use git-annex but would be happy to install it?
>>
>> Or even better, could you produce a recipe that doesn't rely on
>> git-annex?
>
> It is possible that this issue was resolved while solving bug#67930,
> so I suggest that the OP tries the current master branch to see if the
> problem still exists.

More information was requested, but none was given within 5 months, so
I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reply to this
email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
bug report.

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From: Qiang Fang <qiang.fang <at> zoho.com.cn>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: make resolving symlinks in compilation-find-file optional
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:18:49 +0800

I use rg for searching in a git-annex repo, rg use compilation-find-file to jump to the file from the search result, symlinks are resolved with file-truename. But it should not resolve the symlink in the above case. See this issue for more details.

https://github.com/dajva/rg.el/issues/156#issuecomment-1595654224

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