Automatically updating wikilinks changes the custom link text when it matches the link name

[peeragetalkers]

This is not a bug but intended behavior introduced in ver. 1.2.1, as noted here:

When renaming a note preserve link text as a display text

OK, so this isn’t a bug, but intended since version 1.2.1. I seem to have missed this update last year - just wondering how much text I already have changed unintendedly to something stupid without being aware of it… Still, this behaviour does not make much sense to me, at least in 90% of all use cases. I always add separate display text, even if it matches the file name - for the exact reason that my text will be preserved when changing the file name one day. So one more reason to remember ag…

Though I’m perplexed as to why this was added: what problem does it solve?