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Re: [PATCH] RFC Optionally handle symbolic links as copies

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Dec 6, 2012, 06:59 UTC
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<50C04255.8050209@viscovery.net>
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Am 12/5/2012 23:46, schrieb Robin Rosenberg:
> - git status - when do we report a diff. 
> 	- After checkout we should probably not

Are you saying that it should be ignored that the index records a symbolic link, but the worktree contains a regular file and that the regular file does not even contain the value of the symbolic link (like it would in the core.symlinks=false case)?

-- Hannes
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Message 7 of 8 in “RFC Optionally handle symbolic links as copies”
  1. RFC Optionally handle symbolic links as copiesRobin Rosenberg, Dec 5, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2012
  3. Robin RosenbergDec 6, 2012
  4. Michael J GruberDec 12, 2012
  5. Robin RosenbergDec 12, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2012
  7. Johannes SixtDec 6, 2012
  8. Robin RosenbergDec 6, 2012

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