From 2877471fefc21d157462d766afbcf3b2c47c4ee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 11:12:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document that Eshell follows symlinks in history file names * etc/NEWS: Mention that Eshell now follows symlinks in history file names. --- etc/NEWS | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index cad44f92338..f6a03aee22f 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -820,8 +820,15 @@ To restore the old behavior, use 'eshell-uniqify-list'. *** The function 'eshell/kill' is now able to handle signal switches. -Previously 'eshell/kill' would fail if provided a kill signal to send to the -process. It now accepts signals specified either by name or by its number. +Previously 'eshell/kill' would fail if provided a kill signal to send +to the process. It now accepts signals specified either by name or by +its number. + +--- +*** Emacs now follows symlinks in history-related files. +The files specified by 'eshell-history-file-name' and +'eshell-last-dir-ring-file-name' can include symlinks; these are now +followed when Emacs writes the relevant history variables to the disk. ** Shell -- 2.39.5