From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:24:22 GMT
Subject: Re: untracked symlinks are less precious than untracked files?
Message-ID: <201102022324.22123.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v7hdixkys.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2011, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> > Is it by design that symlinks are less precious than files, or is it an
> > oversight?
>
> I don't recall making conscious distinction between symmlinks and regular
> files, so it is likely to be just a bug. Perhaps using stat() where
> lstat() should be used and mistaking an error return as missing, or
> something silly like that?

Hm, I don't think so. It seems to interact with the lstat_cache. When lstat 
reports a symlink, this result is cached; but if it is a regular file, it is 
not cached. I don't know, what the consequences are, though... I have to stop 
my investigations for tonight.

-- Hannes