Tags: patch

0. emacs -Q
1. C-h e
2. (let* ((parent (make-temp-file "my-" t))
          (child  (expand-file-name "child" parent))
          (link   (expand-file-name "link" parent)))
     (make-directory child)
     (make-symbolic-link child link)
     (dired parent))
   C-x C-e

Expected:
- Link target fontified with 'dired-directory' face
Result:
- Link target fontified with undefined 'dired-directory-face' face
- *Messages* says 'Invalid face reference: dired-directory-face'

This seems to be a regression in Emacs 29 (https://bugs.gnu.org/57293):

Use a list of text properties to search in symlink filenames in Wdired
0ab49d46ddb 2022-08-27 22:43:40 +0300
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=0ab49d46ddb

Something like this would fix the problem: