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Re: [PATCH 6/6] Always provide a fallback when hardlinks fail

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 17, 2008, 17:51 UTC
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Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de> writes:
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> Am 17.08.2008 um 13:03 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>
>> Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@web.de> writes:
>>
>>> BFS does not support hardlinks, so suppress the resulting error
>>> messages.
>>
>> Hmm, this is not specific to BFS.  I would have preferred if you
>> brought
>> up much earlier.
>
> Right, it isn't. Do you mean earlier in time, or would you like me to
> reorder it in my v2 series?

Sorry for being unclear. I edited the message a few times and this part came out quite differently as I intended. It should have read this way:

        Thanks for noticing (I would have preferred to hear about this a bit
        earlier, not before the release day).
Anyhow, thanks for the patch again.
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Message 4 of 6 in “Always provide a fallback when hardlinks fail”
  1. 6/6 Always provide a fallback when hardlinks failAndreas Färber, Aug 17, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2008
  3. Andreas FärberAug 17, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2008
  5. Makefile: always provide a fallback when hardlinks failAndreas Färber, Aug 25, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008

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