Re: PATCH: option for completion file-sort to follow symlinks

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Max Mikhanosha wrote:
> The one line patch included into the end of this email adds one
> additional option `follow' to the file-sort, which makes it follow
> symlinks.

Thanks, I've committed this with some documentation.

Index: Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -u -r1.212 compsys.yo
--- compsys.yo	14 Jul 2008 17:39:26 -0000	1.212
+++ compsys.yo	29 Jul 2008 08:38:41 -0000
@@ -1494,7 +1494,10 @@
 `tt(inode)' (or `tt(change)') to sort by the last inode change
 time.  If the style is set to any other value, or is unset, files will be
 sorted alphabetically by name.  If the value contains the string
-`tt(reverse)', sorting is done in the opposite order.
+`tt(reverse)', sorting is done in the opposite order.  If the value
+contains the string `tt(follow)', timestamps are associated with the
+targets of symbolic links; the default is to use the timestamps
+of the links themselves.
 )
 kindex(filter, completion style)
 item(tt(filter))(

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