From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:10:04 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] add: refuse to add paths beyond repository boundaries
Message-ID: <7vsj2zr04z.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <516464E4.10503@gmail.com>

Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> W dniu 09.04.2013 19:34, Junio C Hamano pisze:
>>>
>>>> -	if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, len))
>>>> -		return error("'%s' is beyond a symbolic link", path);
>>>> +	if (path_outside_our_project(path, len))
>>>> +		return error("'%s' is outside our working tree", path);
>>>>  
>>>
>>> Don't we lose important information here?  Or we shouldn't care?
>> 
>> What important information is it?
>
> That the cause is symbolic link (or other git repository, in the future).

And in what way is it important?