Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> I am not sure if anybody uses them for anything automatically, still I
> find myself from time to time looking at them to remember on which
> path the file is located when opened in emacs. So I still like having
> those references, perhaps I am just a minority.
FWIW, I like having them too, though I agree it's not super important.
regards, tom lane