From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21535: 25.0.50; vc-follow-symlinks=ask is ineffective for directory links Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:01:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87pn3rtaot.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87zj0e9qc3.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29063"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 21535@debbugs.gnu.org To: Johan =?UTF-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 03 12:15:40 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmaJ-0007Nr-GN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:15:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55156 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmaG-00052C-Oa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:15:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49012) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmO6-0005iO-NR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:03:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55308) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmO6-0004rK-Ex for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmO5-0005eJ-Vl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:03:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21535 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 21535-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21535.160699332920107 (code B ref 21535); Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21535) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Dec 2020 11:02:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38618 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmNE-0005Dy-VK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:02:09 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:44748) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmND-000594-De for 21535@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:02:08 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=3yIGZ5InsjVGBdNgsDvCOpO+8mJlcCgydIkREO91QzY=; b=EUzGoHQteWH+M0Z9AATAA1Ume/ F8OsbNz+Tp773muI4I9+QDQ6e3KM1HBtwq+mYaIMcUExAlCpmusPAOCWy4tcCe0W1j4cLVHMM0IB/ tpbAQ1R1p8EiH2t0s7K8Bf8UNdoo+NqBP8p6qkzQgI6hfYywOqSbpHPaO45x3hHRXvKM=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kkmN1-0002Zx-5R; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:02:01 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Old's _Formula_: "Last Look" In-Reply-To: <87zj0e9qc3.fsf@gnu.org> ("Johan =?UTF-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?="'s message of "Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:00:44 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:194876 Archived-At: Johan Bockg=C3=A5rd writes: > When `vc-follow-symlinks' is `ask' (the default) Emacs follows links for > files under version control, but fails to ask before doing so when any > parent directory is a symlink. > > E.g. > /x/y/link (asks) > /x/link/z (doesn't ask) > > The following commit changed two occurrences of `file-chase-links' to > `buffer-file-truename' in vc-hooks.el. A third occurrence of > file-chase-links was left alone however, which fools the querying logic > for files where the directory part of the name contains symlinks. (This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.) Some work has been done on vc/symlinks since this bug was reported, so this may or may not have been fixed in the development version of Emacs. Are you still seeing this there? If so, could you provide a script that sets up a directory structure that demonstrates the bug? --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no