From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:42:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contain symlinks
Message-ID: <4c48983e-83a1-4a8f-8dee-114039779a47@email.android.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJDDKr4ki+NjSeuZpAU6bM=YAQ_3mdHCtawstdCqe9Ewvp=arQ@mail.gmail.com>



David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> wrote:

>Is there another way to accomplish this without the performance hit?

Perhaps not canonicalize elements on the CEILING list ourselves? If we make it a user error to put symlinked alias in the variable, and document it clearly, wouldn't it suffice?