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Re: "git-checkout-cache -f -a" failure

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MWMorten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2005, 03:04 UTC
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> Changing files vs directories _is_ a big change and happens
> rarely in practice; I think the current behaviour is
> justified---it makes the user take notice and the user _should_
> take notice.

File vs. directory was just the easiest way to demonstrate. In the presense of symlinks I am not sure you will always get a warning. It'll be more of a silent file-corrupting failure kind of thing. (Somewhat worse if yyy points to /your/home/.ssh and zzz is "authorized_keys".)

Morten
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Message 3 of 19 in “"git-checkout-cache -f -a" failure”
  1. Morten WelinderMay 9, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  3. Morten WelinderMay 10, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  7. Morten WelinderMay 11, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  10. Test suitePetr Baudis, May 11, 2005
  11. Test suiteJunio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisMay 12, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2005
  14. Fix git-diff-files for symlinks.Junio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  15. 0/3 Core GIT fixes and additions.Junio C Hamano, May 13, 2005
  16. checkout-cache fixJunio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  17. Petr BaudisMay 12, 2005
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005

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