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Re: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2007, 02:21 UTC
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"Stephen Cuppett" <cuppett@gmail.com> writes:
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> I went to clone git onto a memory stick today.  The default fs on the
> sticks doesn't support symlinks.  After looking a little bit, the only
> symlink I can see in the source tree is RelNotes.  It appears when
> going to a new release the file gets created in /Documentation and the
> symlink updated.

Well, I hope you do not compile nor checkout git onto a memory stick but use it as just a sneakernet medium.

If that is the case why should it matter if the contents tracked has symlinks?

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Message 4 of 12 in “[RFC] Change handling of RelNotes”
  1. Stephen CuppettAug 31, 2007
  2. Petr BaudisAug 31, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  5. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 31, 2007
  6. Nanako ShiraishiAug 31, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  8. autodetect core.symlinks in git-initJunio C Hamano, Aug 31, 2007
  9. Nanako ShiraishiAug 31, 2007
  10. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 31, 2007
  11. Stephen CuppettAug 31, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007

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