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Re: [PATCH] Install built-ins as symlinks

From
Alex Riesen <fork0@t-online.de>
Date
Jul 12, 2006, 00:01 UTC
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<20060712000103.GA5910@steel.home>
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<20060711184838.GC13776@pasky.or.cz>
Petr Baudis, Tue, Jul 11, 2006 20:48:38 +0200:
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> > And -- just maybe -- I _did_ mention a single reason to keep hard links: 
> > It works now. So why change it?
> 
>   The original patch mentioned why hardlinks are bad, so if you argue
> that the raised points are moot, you should give some substance to your
> argument.

Windows will add that substance, even if it is a dirty one: symlinks don't work there properly (cygwin makes that very stupid .lnk file).

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Message 12 of 17 in “Typo fix”
  1. Typo fixAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  2. gitweb: Send XHTML as 'application/xhtml+xml' where possibleAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  3. gitweb: Include a site name in page titlesAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  4. gitweb: Use the git binary in the search path by defaultAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  5. git-send-email: Remove redundant Reply-To headerAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  6. Install built-ins as symlinksAlp Toker, Jul 11, 2006
  7. Andreas EricssonJul 11, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 11, 2006
  9. Alp TokerJul 11, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 11, 2006
  11. Petr BaudisJul 11, 2006
  12. Alex RiesenJul 12, 2006
  13. Petr BaudisJul 11, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2006
  15. Martin LanghoffJul 11, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2006
  17. Pavel RoskinJul 11, 2006

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