From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:00:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsserver: handle change type T
Message-ID: <47DD9890.3060005@gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v63vmicvf.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 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