Re: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes
Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com> writes:
> I sometimes have a checkout on a filesystem that does not support
> symbolic links, but I set core.symlink configuration variable to false
> in such a case. Would it make sense to update "git init" to autodetect
> lack of symbolic link support in the filesystem?
Hmph. Something along this line, perhaps?
builtin-init-db.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index af15cb2..c411008 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
if (work_tree != git_work_tree_cfg)
git_config_set("core.worktree", work_tree);
}
+
+ /* Check if symlink is supported in the work tree */
+ if (!reinit) {
+ path[len] = 0;
+ strcpy(path + len, "tXXXXXX");
+
+ if (!close(xmkstemp(path)) &&
+ !unlink(path) &&
+ !symlink("testing", path) &&
+ !lstat(path, &st1) &&
+ S_ISLNK(st1.st_mode))
+ ; /* good */
+ else
+ git_config_set("core.symlinks", "false");
+ }
+
return reinit;
}
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>