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Implement core.symlinks to support filesystems without symlinks

From
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date
Feb 27, 2007, 21:41 UTC
Message-ID
<11726125012895-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

Here is a small patch series that adds a configuration variable core.symlinks. From the manual:

core.symlinks::
	If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
	contain the link text. gitlink:git-update-index[1] and
	gitlink:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
	file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
	symbolic links. True by default.
The implementation was surprisingly simple:
 Documentation/config.txt           |    7 +++++++
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |    5 +++++
 builtin-apply.c                    |    2 +-
 builtin-update-index.c             |    6 +++---
 cache.h                            |    7 ++++++-
 config.c                           |    5 +++++
 diff-lib.c                         |    3 +++
 entry.c                            |    5 +++++
 environment.c                      |    1 +
 read-cache.c                       |   12 +++++++-----
 10 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-- Hannes
Next: Johannes Sixt
Message 1 of 18 in “Implement core.symlinks to support filesystems without symlinks”
  1. Johannes SixtFeb 27, 2007
  2. Add a flag core.symlinks analogous to core.filemode.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  3. Do not change the file type if the filesystem does not support symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  4. Create a symbolic link as a regular file on filesystems without symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  5. diff-lib.c: Ignore type differences if the filesystem does not support symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  6. Describe core.symlinks in the man pages.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  8. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  10. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 28, 2007
  12. Robin RosenbergFeb 27, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 28, 2007
  14. Robin RosenbergFeb 28, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinMar 1, 2007
  16. Robin RosenbergMar 1, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinMar 1, 2007
  18. Johannes SixtMar 1, 2007

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