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Re: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes

From
Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2007, 06:44 UTC
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Quoting "Stephen Cuppett" <cuppett@gmail.com>:
> I propose we eliminate this symlink.

Maybe it is just me, but you do not sound like you are proposing to do anything yourself. You are simply demanding Junio to change the way he works. Instead of being able to edit RelNotes at the toplevel, relying on the symbolic link to let him edit the right file, you are forcing him to edit the appropriate file in Documentation/ directory.

Shouldn't you have at least said "I request" instead?

I sometimes have a checkout on a filesystem that does not support symbolic links, but I set core.symlink configuration variable to false in such a case. Would it make sense to update "git init" to autodetect lack of symbolic link support in the filesystem?

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
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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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