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Re: Getting rid of symlinks in .git?

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2005, 18:42 UTC
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Simon Richter, Fri, Nov 11, 2005 13:55:14 +0100:
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> >But you shouldn't care if you have reasonably recent git everywhere:
> >symlinks and their absence already handled:
> 
> Well, I don't have working directories on USB sticks, so I don't 
> actually use the symlinks, would they be there, but I'm definitely 
> annoyed by not being able to copy a .git directory from some project 
> over and be done with it.
>

Reasonable, perhaps. But are the git-pull and -clone _that_ slow or awkward? Besides, you'd probably end up copying more than you'd want.

That's interesting case, btw. I'm restoring git mailing list in cc, so it gets a bit wider of auditorium.

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Message 13 of 13 in “Getting rid of symlinks in .git?”
  1. Petr BaudisNov 10, 2005
  2. Simon RichterNov 11, 2005
  3. Alex RiesenNov 11, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisNov 11, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2005
  6. Alex RiesenNov 15, 2005
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisNov 11, 2005
  9. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005
  10. Petr BaudisNov 11, 2005
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005
  12. Nick HengeveldNov 11, 2005
  13. Alex RiesenNov 11, 2005

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