{"thread":{"id":"15061","subject":"[newbe question]: why is git-upload-archive a copy and not hardlink?","startedAt":"2008-08-17T21:58:19Z","lastAt":"2008-08-17T21:58:19Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Phpbb Git"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"87499","messageId":"952239.39940.qm@web59503.mail.ac4.yahoo.com","threadId":"15061","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[newbe question]: why is git-upload-archive a copy and not hardlink?","fromName":"Phpbb Git","fromEmail":"phpbb_git@yahoo.com","sentAt":"2008-08-17T21:58:19Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-17T21:58:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"phpbb_git@yahoo.com","avatar":null},"body":"When running \"make install\", the install procedure creates the \nexecutable \"git\" in the bin directory, and many dash commands \nin the libexec/git-core are created as hardlinks. however, in the \"bin\"\ndirectory there's a file named  git-upload-archive which appears to be \na copy of git instead of a hardlink.\nThis is not of utmost importance, I was just curious as to the reason for \nthis extra copy of git in the bin directory.\n\n\n      \n"}]}