Re: [PATCH] Disable USE_SYMLINK_HEAD by default

> In particular, StGIT still needs fixing.
>
>> The only thing I can think of that might be inconvenient is if
>> you try doing "cp -a" off of a filesystem that supports symlinks
>> to another filesystem that does not -- probably that would fail
>> copying the symlinked .git/HEAD.  But if that is the problem,
>> you could always git-clone, which should do the right thing, I
>> think.
>
> I'm talking from my experience now.  If there is an option, there are
> users that have it enabled and those who have it disabled (by
> definition).  As is often happens, one of the configurations is more
> popular with developers.  The other configuration almost inevitably
> starts suffering from the "bit rot".