: How can I force LilyPond to repeat a chord symbol (relates to alternate endings)? In chordmode, LilyPond chooses not to display chord symbols when they are the same as the preceding symbol, which is usually the right behavior.

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How can I force LilyPond to repeat a chord symbol (relates to alternate endings)?
In chordmode, LilyPond chooses not to display chord symbols when they are the same as the preceding symbol, which is usually the right behavior. However, this behavior gets weird in the context of alternate endings of repeats. Here's a simple example:

score {
<<
new ChordNames {
set chordChanges = ##t
chordmode { repeat volta 2 {g1} alternative { {c} {c4 g c c} } } }
new Voice = "one" { relative c'' { repeat volta 2 { g4 f e d }
alternative { {c r r r} {c g c r} } } }
>>
}

Output (LilyBin: www.lilybin.com/77tv75/1):

LilyPond omits the C chord that should be at the beginning of the 2nd ending, because it's the same chord as in the (visually) preceding measure, which is the 1st ending. However, it should be shown, since from the reader's point of view it's not the same as the (musically) preceding measure (measure 1). Is there a way to override this behavior?

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