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bug#23436: [PATCH] Attemp to use the true name of a file to determine re

From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: bug#23436: [PATCH] Attemp to use the true name of a file to determine responsible vc if the genuine name does not work.
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:47:03 +0300
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On 20.10.2016 03:16, Hong Xu wrote:


mkdir my-repo && cd my-repo
hg init
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git
ln -s  emacs/README README_emacs
hg add README_emacs

README_emacs is tracked in the repo "my-repo" but README is tracked in
the emacs repo. If true name is directly used, we would fail to obtain
the correct responsible backend.


OK, thanks.
Regarding the user option, though, wouldn't it be almost as good if you could call vc-follow-link interactively? Not sure if vc-follow-link works for directories, but a new command could.
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