Re: [BUG] Attachments not resolved correctly from symlinked Org files

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> What about the approach we already use in
>> `org-attach-id-to-path-function-list' - check if an attachment directory
>> already exists, generated using any rule, and only if not, create a new?
>>
>> Similarly, in `org-attach-dir', we can first check local attachment
>> directory and return it if it exists. Then, we check attachment
>> directory for the symlink source, and return it when it exists.
>> If none exists, create attachment locally or relative to the symlink
>> source, according to some customization. The default will be creating
>> locally, to follow the existing behavior.
>
> See the attached tentative patch.

Applied, onto main.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=1686b6f3b

As for creating attachment directories in the symlink source dir, I
suggest posting a feature request. Then, we will see if such a feature
would be useful for people.

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