OK, after some debugging it looks like the primary culprit is the
assignment of source-file from buffer-file-name. A quick patch seems to fix
it, but I can definitely see a pattern here if org functions are trying to
get the filename of the current buffer (I can submit an official patch if
this looks right):

modified   lisp/ob-tangle.el
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ matching a regular expression."
        (or (cdr (assq :tangle (nth 2 (org-babel-get-src-block-info
'no-eval))))
    (user-error "Point is not in a source code block"))))
     path-collector
-            (source-file buffer-file-name))
+            (source-file (buffer-file-name (buffer-base-buffer))))
  (mapc ;; map over file-names
  (lambda (by-fn)
    (let ((file-name (car by-fn)))

There are 339 uses of buffer-file-name that I can find, but most are just
bare (buffer-file-name). Are there any other cases besides indirect buffers
that we would need to handle? Would it be worth creating a new function
"org-buffer-file-name" that could properly handle indirect buffers and any
other special cases, or is it just a search and replace throughout?

Cheers,

Derek

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:05 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Derek Chen-Becker <derek@chen-becker.org> writes:
>
> > I would be happy to work with you on this if you're interested in
> > collaborating on it. I'm a little concerned with the scope, given that
> Ihor
> > said: "We should probably fix handling indirect buffers across Org mode".
> > I'm not sure how extensive indirect buffer handling is across Org, or if
> > it's even consistent across Org right now. I'll probably need some help
> > from people more familiar with it to figure out a starting point, but I'm
> > excited to take a look :)
>
> You do not need to address the whole thing at once. Start by trying to
> fix the exact bug described:
>
> 1. Try to reproduce it locally
> 2. Find which part of Org code is causing the problem (you can use
>    edebug, M-x debug-on-entry, or modifying the code with (message ...)
>    or (debug) statements directly - remember that you can re-define
>    functions on the fly in Elisp)
> 3. Try to fix it
>
> I wrote about "across Org mode" because my quick debugging revealed that
> the problematic code might be a pattern we use in various places in
> Org. So, the whole Org code base should be carefully scanned to see if
> we can fix the same problem in more places.
>
> Such scanning usually starts from trying to regexp search code similar
> to the problematic piece. In this case, AFAIR, it is simply usage of
> `buffer-file-name' or `buffer-file-truename' assuming that it is never
> nil.
>
> It is also good for you that the original bug reporter is around. Having
> someone else familiar with the problem might make things easier when you
> cooperate together.
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
> Org mode maintainer,
> Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
> Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
> or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
>


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