{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"path-candidate-generator-now-handles-emacs-style-lock-f","canonical_anchor":"path-candidate-generator-now-handles-emacs-style-lock-f","heading":"Path-candidate generator now handles Emacs-style '.#' lock-file prefixes","tier":"notice","area":"File Handling","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/path-candidate-generator-now-handles-emacs-style-lock-f","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### Path-candidate generator now handles Emacs-style '.#' lock-file prefixes\n\nFile path resolution now recognizes Emacs-style '.#' lock-file name prefixes\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code builds alternate candidate paths for a file reference, it now also tries stripping a leading `.#` prefix from the file name, in addition to its existing dot-stripping logic. This prefix is used by Emacs to mark lock files.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets Claude Code correctly resolve a file reference even when the actual file on disk is an Emacs lock-file variant of the intended name.\n\n- Area: File Handling\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}