Re: project.el project-find-files and symlinks

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 12.06.2021 21:10, Juris wrote:
> Thanks for the tip Dmitry, I did try this and it does solve my 
> complaint. The downside being that I have to manage a patches project.el 
> and track upstream changes manually. Surely some easy configuration 
> would be a welcome change but, I also understand your stance.
>
> > I suppose you'd also want the project-vc backend (e.g. in Git repos) 
> > to follow symlinks as well?
>
> Hmmm, that would be yes.

If we wanted to add an option, could you 'M-x report-emacs-bug' and 
describe the feature in more detail?

That is, steps to create an example directory, current and desired 
behaviors.

Bonus points for describing how the 'vc' project backend currently 
behaves with such a dir.