Re: Implement core.symlinks to support filesystems without symlinks

From: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date: Mar 1, 2007, 19:24 UTC
Message-ID: <200703012024.01707.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
In-Reply-To: <200703011256.50659.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

On Thursday 01 March 2007 12:56, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

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> torsdag 01 mars 2007 02:18 skrev Johannes Schindelin:
> > So, all I would like to do on top of Johannes' patch is to add a _big_
> > _fat_ warning whenever Git realizes it has to substitute a file for a
> > link, but I DON'T WANT THE BLOODY FILE TO BE COPIED.
>
> I do want it to fail early initially (checkout), no default workaround,
> until I SAY I want  copies (or text links, this is apparently a preference.
> By default git should complain loudly that it cannot create links.

Oh, git will fail early: symlink(2) will complain.

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> - What do you want to do today?
> 	a) Screw me with copies
> 	b) Screw me with text links
> 	c) Screw me with shortcuts (cygwin does this which is fine as long as I
> stay within cygwin, so it is ok as a default behaviour there, but not
> otherwise)

The patch implements behavior b), and it will need to be turned on in a conscious act, or it won't "screw you".

-- Hannes