From 0f37521592678159b5b1afd63a6ed99e414bf7b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:23:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note to the graphics protocol about symlink resolution

---
 docs/graphics-protocol.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/graphics-protocol.rst b/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
index c32f08f08..f16b9b9c0 100644
--- a/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ Value of `t`          Meaning
                       close it on Windows.
 ==================    ============
 
+When opening files, the terminal emulator must follow symlinks. In case of
+symlink loops or too many symlinks, it should fail and respond with an error,
+similar to reporting any other kind of I/O error.
+
 Local client
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^