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[RFC] Change handling of RelNotes

From
SCStephen Cuppett <cuppett@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2007, 01:35 UTC
Message-ID
<316a20a40708301835hc4236d4tdb289b6f705ab86@mail.gmail.com>

I went to clone git onto a memory stick today. The default fs on the sticks doesn't support symlinks. After looking a little bit, the only symlink I can see in the source tree is RelNotes. It appears when going to a new release the file gets created in /Documentation and the symlink updated.

I propose we eliminate this symlink. There are multiple other things we can do to eliminate it and make the repository more flexible across filesystems:

 * Always have current release in /Documentation/RelNotes and keep the
prior versions named the way they are maintained now.  When starting a
new release, rename the file and create it again.
 * Keep the current in RelNotes and leave the archived ones in
/Documentation.  Doing same content move and clear operation when
starting a new release.
 * Keep two copies RelNotes and /Documentation/RelNotes-X.X.X that
essentially have same content and RelNotes has a lot of churn
 * others...?

With this one abnormality the git repo on a normal flash drive doesn't work... at least in my case.

Next: Petr Baudis
Message 1 of 12 in “[RFC] Change handling of RelNotes”
  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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