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Re: [PATCH] fully resolve symlinks when creating lockfiles

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2007, 07:05 UTC
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"Bradford C. Smith" <bradford.carl.smith@gmail.com> writes:
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> Make the code for resolving symlinks in lockfile.c more robust as
> follows:
>
> 1. Handle relative symlinks
> 2. recursively resolve symlink chains up to OS limit

I munged this patch with Morten's comments. Will queue for 'next'. Further polishing will be done in 'next' as needed.

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Message 15 of 21 in “git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file”
  1. Bradford SmithJul 15, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 15, 2007
  3. Nikolai WeibullJul 16, 2007
  4. Bradford SmithJul 16, 2007
  5. Bradford SmithJul 16, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2007
  7. 0/2 git-config should not replace symlinkBradford C. Smith, Jul 25, 2007
  8. 1/2 resolve symlinks when creating lockfilesBradford C. Smith, Jul 25, 2007
  9. 2/2 use lockfile.c routines in git_commit_set_multivar()Bradford C. Smith, Jul 25, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2007
  11. fully resolve symlinks when creating lockfilesBradford C. Smith, Jul 26, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2007
  13. Morten WelinderJul 26, 2007
  14. Bradford SmithJul 27, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2007
  17. Matthieu MoyJul 17, 2007
  18. Fredrik TolfJul 17, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2007
  20. Catalin MarinasJul 17, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2007

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