[Emacs-diffs] master 2877471 3/4: Document that Eshell follows symlinks in history file names

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: master
commit 2877471fefc21d157462d766afbcf3b2c47c4ee8
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Document that Eshell follows symlinks in history file names
    
    * etc/NEWS: Mention that Eshell now follows symlinks in
    history file names.
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 etc/NEWS | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cad44f9..f6a03ae 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