Hi,

The attached patch enables to choose whether link contains a (file-)path to
self, or not. One new variable "org-link-ignore-path-to-self" should be
true as the original behavior (~ no path to self by org-insert-link).
However, the path-to-self will remain when the value is nil.

This feature is helpful, especially for org-journal - you can use
org-insert-link from TODOs to journal entries in a journal; the links are
preserved even after carryover.

Regards,
Shintaro


--- /Users/shin/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20160711/org.el~      2016-07-16
01:46:09.000000000 +0200
+++ /Users/shin/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20160711/org.el       2016-07-27
10:40:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -10386,6 +10386,7 @@
     ;; option If yes, simplify the link by using only the search
     ;; option.
     (when (and buffer-file-name
+              org-link-ignore-path-to-self
               (string-match "^file:\\(.+?\\)::\\(.+\\)" link))
       (let* ((path (match-string 1 link))
             (case-fold-search nil)