From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:06:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] tests: introduce test_ln_s and test_ln_s_add
Message-ID: <51AA0DD9.9030704@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0nN2V3Cwi3n+DV7Bcme7jE=B+COFioqPFfHQgxGTWEtiA@mail.gmail.com>

Am 01.06.2013 13:11, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> +test_ln_s () {
>> +       if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
>> +       then
>> +               ln -s "$1" "$2"
>> +       else
>> +               printf '%s' "$1" >"$2"
>> +       fi
>> +}
> 
> What is this?  We can't test_ln_s something and then 'git add' it, so
> what purpose does this serve?

Sure, we can 'git add' it:

# - Use test_ln_s instead of "ln -s x y" when y has been added as a
#   symbolic link entry earlier.

-- Hannes