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Re: [PATCH] Introduce core.keepHardLinks

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2008, 17:33 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> - all the editors that this guy tested keep the hard links, so it was 
>   kinda hard to understand why Git insists on behaving differently,
>
> - if the user asked for hard links, it is not Git's place to question that 
>   decision,

These are non-arguments, when you are asked to give rationale for adding capability to "ask for hard links" to begin with.

IOW, the question was why git should support tracked contents being hardlinked to something else.

[jc: Sorry for dropping Shawn from CC: list. pobox.com seems to complain on his address for some reason. Here are msmtp log for an identical message with and without him on the recipient list.

Oct 13 10:23:57 host=sasl.smtp.pobox.com tls=on auth=on user=junio@pobox.com from=junio@pobox.com recipients=Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de,barkalow@iabervon.org,git@vger.kernel.org,spearce@spearce.org,gitster@pobox.com smtpstatus=451 smtpmsg='451 4.3.5 Server configuration problem' errormsg='recipient address spearce@spearce.org not accepted by the server' exitcode=EX_DATAERR Oct 13 10:31:26 host=sasl.smtp.pobox.com tls=on auth=on user=junio@pobox.com from=junio@pobox.com recipients=Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de,barkalow@iabervon.org,git@vger.kernel.org,gitster@pobox.com mailsize=2283 exitcode=EX_OK ]

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  1. Introduce core.keepHardLinksJohannes Schindelin, Oct 11, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  6. Stephan BeyerOct 13, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 15, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2008

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