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Re: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes

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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Aug 31, 2007, 01:39 UTC
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<20070831013935.GM1219@pasky.or.cz>
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 03:35:36AM CEST, Stephen Cuppett wrote:
> With this one abnormality the git repo on a normal flash drive doesn't
> work... at least in my case.

Wouldn't it be better to minimalize the restriction imposed to you by git in case you are working on a filesystem that doesn't support symlinks? Let's say that in that case Git will keep the symlink only in the index... (And perhaps warn.)

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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  1. Stephen CuppettAug 31, 2007
  2. Petr BaudisAug 31, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  5. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 31, 2007
  6. Nanako ShiraishiAug 31, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  8. autodetect core.symlinks in git-initJunio C Hamano, Aug 31, 2007
  9. Nanako ShiraishiAug 31, 2007
  10. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 31, 2007
  11. Stephen CuppettAug 31, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007

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