GNU bug report logs - #8175
23.3; Re-opening a link to a file that has become version-controlled doesn't cause question about following link to be asked

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:47:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: unreproducible

Found in version 23.3

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

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 8175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8175: 23.3; Re-opening a link to a file that has become version-controlled doesn't cause question about following link to be asked
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:53:59 +0200

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> 1. Visit a file via a symlink. The file is not under version control.
>
> 2. Close the buffer. The file is no longer open.
>
> 3. In the same Emacs session, re-visit the file. Emacs opens the file,
> but doesn’t ask if I want to follow a symlink to a file under version
> control (in this case, under git).
>
> If I restart Emacs between steps 2 & 3, the expected behavior is
> obtained (the question is asked).

I'm unable to reproduce this in Emacs 24, so I think that it may be
fixed there.

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