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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/vc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/vc/vc.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc.el b/lisp/vc/vc.el index ac020d09539..2ddf4e19e1f 100644 --- a/lisp/vc/vc.el +++ b/lisp/vc/vc.el @@ -959,7 +959,11 @@ use." If FILE is already registered, return the backend of FILE. If FILE is not registered, then the first backend in `vc-handled-backends' that declares itself -responsible for FILE is returned." +responsible for FILE is returned. + +Note that if FILE is a symbolic link, it will not be resolved -- +the responsible backend system for the symbolic link itself will +be reported." (or (and (not (file-directory-p file)) (vc-backend file)) (catch 'found ;; First try: find a responsible backend. If this is for registration, |