GNU bug report logs - #65904
29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Zhang Haijun <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 04:01:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 16113, 18883, 64061

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4, 29.1.50, 30.0.50

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Message #14 received at 65904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: zhanghj <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>
Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 65904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink
 directory
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:28:35 +0300

> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:12:30 +0800
> Cc: 65904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: zhanghj <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>
> 
> Do you mean that the test file itself is a symlink file?
> 
> In my case, the test file itself is a normal file. But its parent 
> directory is a symlink.
> 
> I just tested:  'file-symlink-p' return nil for the test file.

Emacs watches the parent directory of the file, not the file itself
(because certain changes regarding the file are only seen if we watch
the directory).

But I will let Michael chime in, in case I'm missing something.
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