+2013-12-17 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+ * files.el (break-hardlink-on-save): Doc fix (Bug#13801).
+ Suggested by Xue Fuqiao.
+
2013-12-17 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
* progmodes/ruby-mode.el (ruby-smie-rules): Indent ternary if.
:group 'backup)
(defcustom break-hardlink-on-save nil
- "Non-nil means when saving a file that exists under several names
-\(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink associated with
-`buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so that the other
-instances of the file are not affected by the save.
+ "Whether to allow breaking hardlinks when saving files.
+If non-nil, then when saving a file that exists under several
+names \(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink
+associated with `buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so
+that the other instances of the file are not affected by the
+save.
If `buffer-file-name' refers to a symlink, do not break the symlink.