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Re: [PATCH] git-cvsserver: handle change type T

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Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date
Mar 16, 2008, 22:00 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> git-cvsserver does not support changes of type T (file type change,
>> e.g. symlink->real file).  This patch treats them the same as changes
>> of type M.
> 
> Hmm.
> 
> Do cvs clients even know how to handle symlinks, or will this patch just
> start sending the readlink(2) result as if it is just a regular file
> contents?

It was before too. The problem arises if one found the problem, deleted the symlink, added the regular file -- and now cvsserver stops working at all. :-(

Paolo
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  1. git-cvsserver: handle change type TPaolo Bonzini, Mar 16, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2008
  3. Paolo BonziniMar 16, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2008
  5. Paolo BonziniMar 17, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2008
  7. Martin LanghoffMar 17, 2008
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