From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:21:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes
Message-ID: <7vejhk5tr0.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <316a20a40708301835hc4236d4tdb289b6f705ab86@mail.gmail.com>

"Stephen Cuppett" <cuppett@gmail.com> writes:

> 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?