Please describe the problem:
When I'm in a symlink-directory and I open a new terminal or tab, it opens at the *canonical* path of my current directory.  If my current directory is a symlink (or has a symlink as an ancestor), then this is a *different path* (which, granted, points to the same location).

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open gnome-terminal in your home directory.
2. Create a symlinked directory:        ln -s /tmp mytmp
3. Step into the symlinked directory:   cd mytmp
4. Ctrl-Shift-T to open a new tab


Actual results:
The new tab opens at /tmp

Expected results:
The new tab should open at ~/mytmp (matching the old tab)

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
This is particularly annoying for me because I use symlinks to obscure long directories. e.g. I have a path like ...
   /scratch/work/builds/trunk_builds/trunk_checkout.long_datestamp_goes_here/
... which I symlink as ...
   ~/builds/latest-trunk/
... and whenever I open a new tab from my short symlink directory, it opens using the really-long-and-ugly canonical directory.