From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: zhanghj <ccsmile2008@outlook.com>
Cc: michael.albinus@gmx.de, 65904@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:28:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835y4enqws.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OS3P286MB21990B7D417D2023FADB19AAA8F0A@OS3P286MB2199.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (message from zhanghj on Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:12:30 +0800)
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:12:30 +0800
> Cc: 65904@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: zhanghj <ccsmile2008@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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-13 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-13 3:55 bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory Zhang Haijun
2023-09-13 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-13 13:12 ` zhanghj
2023-09-13 13:28 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-09-13 13:33 ` Michael Albinus
2023-09-13 14:16 ` zhanghj
2023-09-14 11:58 ` Michael Albinus
2023-09-18 21:08 ` zhanghj
2023-09-19 7:18 ` Michael Albinus
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