2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c2e5e9fa8ce..ec7791597f0 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-01  Yuya Nishihara  <yuya@tcha.org>  (tiny change)
+
+        * vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-find-file-hook): Expand buffer-file-truename
+        before using it for comparison (Bug#5297).
+
 2012-12-01  Jari Aalto  <jari.aalto@cante.net>
 
         * textmodes/css-mode.el (css-current-defun-name): New function.
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
index ef900cb5257..40a1f3db982 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
@@ -858,8 +858,9 @@ current, and kill the buffer that visits the link."
           (set (make-local-variable 'backup-inhibited) t))
         ;; Let the backend setup any buffer-local things he needs.
         (vc-call-backend backend 'find-file-hook))
-       ((let ((link-type (and (not (equal buffer-file-name buffer-file-truename))
-                              (vc-backend buffer-file-truename))))
+       ((let* ((truename (expand-file-name buffer-file-truename))
+               (link-type (and (not (equal buffer-file-name truename))
+                               (vc-backend truename))))
           (cond ((not link-type) nil)   ;Nothing to do.
                 ((eq vc-follow-symlinks nil)
                  (message