Re: master 1d91d9b717d: project-vc-dir: Use truenames

Hi Dmitry,

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 5:46 AM Dmitry Gutov <[email protected]> wrote:

> >> It depends on whether the symlink is to the repository root, or to a> >> plain subdirectory of the target repository.
> >>
> >> So basically we try to reproduce what visiting file buffers with VC
> >> already does.
> > Maybe we should have an option to make it more like João's workflow?
> > WDYT?
>
> Could you or him point to a specific scenario/step which doesn't match
> their preferences when my patch is applied?

I've just tried your patch.  I didn't give it much testing, but it seems
to work exactly like I think it should.  I.e. C-x v d RET when
visiting any file in a symlinked repo seems to behave exactly like
C-x  p v.  I guess that's because dir defaults to 'vc-root-dir's value,
which is also good.

I thought your earlier reply about vc-responsible-backend meant
that if I gave it a subdir it would revert to following the link, which
would again seem like a mistake to me.  But I see that even if
I give it a subdir, vc-responsible-backend still returns 'Git.

So everything's fine from my side.  I'll still use C-x p v since I have
muscle memory for that, but at least one of my new colleagues
who's somehow still using Emacs after 2 months (the poor soul,
now even wants a proper keyboard) can start using vc confidently.

João





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João Távora