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Re: untracked symlinks are less precious than untracked files?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2011, 20:03 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> Is it by design that symlinks are less precious than files, or is it an 
> oversight?

I don't recall making conscious distinction between symmlinks and regular files, so it is likely to be just a bug. Perhaps using stat() where lstat() should be used and mistaking an error return as missing, or something silly like that?

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Message 2 of 14 in “untracked symlinks are less precious than untracked files?”
  1. Johannes SixtFeb 2, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2011
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 2, 2011
  4. Demonstrate breakage: checkout overwrites untracked symlink with directoryJohannes Sixt, Feb 5, 2011
  5. Clemens BuchacherFeb 5, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2011
  7. Clemens BuchacherFeb 10, 2011
  8. do not overwrite untracked symlinksClemens Buchacher, Feb 20, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2011
  10. Clemens BuchacherFeb 21, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2011
  12. Clemens BuchacherFeb 22, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2011
  14. Johannes SixtFeb 15, 2011

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