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[PATCH] Add a flag core.symlinks analogous to core.filemode.

From
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date
Feb 27, 2007, 21:41 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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The new flag core.symlinks (which is true by default) can be set to false to indicate that the filesystem does not support symbolic links. In this case, symbolic links that exist in the trees are checked out as small plain files and checking in modifications of these files preserve the symlink property in the database (as long as an entry exists in the index).

This commit as the first of a series starts by adding and initializing the global flag variable.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
---
 cache.h       |    1 +
 config.c      |    5 +++++
 environment.c |    1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 04f8e63..6cbb9d8 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ extern int delete_ref(const char *, unsigned char *sha1);
 /* Environment bits from configuration mechanism */
 extern int use_legacy_headers;
 extern int trust_executable_bit;
+extern int trust_symlink_fmt;
 extern int assume_unchanged;
 extern int prefer_symlink_refs;
 extern int log_all_ref_updates;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index c938aa0..749bec3 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.symlinks")) {
+		trust_symlink_fmt = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.bare")) {
 		is_bare_repository_cfg = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 54c22f8..1e8292a 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ char git_default_email[MAX_GITNAME];
 char git_default_name[MAX_GITNAME];
 int use_legacy_headers = 1;
 int trust_executable_bit = 1;
+int trust_symlink_fmt = 1;
 int assume_unchanged;
 int prefer_symlink_refs;
 int is_bare_repository_cfg = -1; /* unspecified */
-- 
1.5.0.19.gddff
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Message 2 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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