Re: [PATCH] autodetect core.symlinks in git-init

From: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>
Date: Aug 31, 2007, 08:00 UTC
Message-ID: <200708310800.l7V80k7L005962@mi1.bluebottle.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vodgo2moe.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:

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> We already autodetect if filemode is reliable on the filesystem
> to deal with VFAT and friends.  Do the same for symbolic link
> support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>
>  * The earlier one left the test symlink behind after testing is
>    complete.  Embarrassing...
>
>  builtin-init-db.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Thank you for a quick patch. I was about to report that leftover test file as a bug. Do you ever sleep? I am always amazed how quickly any potential issue raised on the mailing list is resolved.

With this patch my "git init" in a pendrive correctly says "[core] symlinks = false".

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/

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