Re: git rebase chokes on directory -> symlink -> directory

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: May 9, 2007, 16:58 UTC
Message-ID: <4641FDAF.3090608@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0705090050i644a18c2g12c74462ab88163a@mail.gmail.com>

Alex Riesen wrote:

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> On 5/9/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
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>> Mine stops already at the directory -> symlink checkin (the above is the
>> symlink -> directory one), but your trick of using "git checkout" as a
>> trick to resolve things helped for both... eventually :-/
>>
> 
> Hmm. What Git version do you have?

Not sure anymore, because I ran a systemwide upgrade late last night. *Now* I have git-1.5.1.4, but I think I had 1.5.1.2 before.

>> Either way, it's still a bug that it stops for either checkin, ...
> 
> Right. And because it is a bug, I'd like to have it fixed.
> So, what did you do in that fixup?

I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question, in particular, I'm getting the feeling I'm not sure what "that fixup" refers to.

	-hpa