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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] sha1_name: get_sha1_with_context learns to follow symlinks

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David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
May 9, 2015, 20:02 UTC
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On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 20:45 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> dturner@twopensource.com writes:
> 
> > From: David Turner <dturner@twitter.com>
> >
> > Wire up get_sha1_with_context to call get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks
> > when GET_SHA1_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS is passed in flags. G_S_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS
> > is incompatible with G_S_ONLY_TO_DIE because the diagnosis that
> > ONLY_TO_DIE triggers does not consider symlinks.
> 
> Is "does not consider" something fundamental, or it just happens to
> be that way right now?

It just happens to be that way right now. It would require work approximately equivalent to this patch series to fix.

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Message 6 of 8 in “tree-walk: learn get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks”
  1. 1/3 tree-walk: learn get_tree_entry_follow_symlinksdturner@twopensource.com, May 8, 2015
  2. 2/3 sha1_name: get_sha1_with_context learns to follow symlinksdturner@twopensource.com, May 8, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2015
  5. David TurnerMay 9, 2015
  6. David TurnerMay 9, 2015
  7. 3/3 cat-file: add --follow-symlinks to --batchdturner@twopensource.com, May 8, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2015

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