From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:24:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable USE_SYMLINK_HEAD by default
Message-ID: <7vpsp2qpx4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1132042427.3512.50.camel@dv>

Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> writes:

> 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".

That's a real concern, I should agree.