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Re: git rebase chokes on directory -> symlink -> directory

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
May 9, 2007, 07:50 UTC
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On 5/9/07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
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> Mine stops already at the directory -> symlink checkin (the above is the
> symlink -> directory one), but your trick of using "git checkout" as a
> trick to resolve things helped for both... eventually :-/
>
Hmm. What Git version do you have?
> Either way, it's still a bug that it stops for either checkin, ...

Right. And because it is a bug, I'd like to have it fixed. So, what did you do in that fixup?

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  2. Alex RiesenMay 8, 2007
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  4. Alex RiesenMay 9, 2007
  5. H. Peter AnvinMay 9, 2007
  6. Alex RiesenMay 9, 2007
  7. H. Peter AnvinMay 9, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2007
  10. Shawn O. PearceMay 10, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  14. apply: do not get confused by symlinks in the middleJunio C Hamano, May 11, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2007
  16. H. Peter AnvinMay 12, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2007

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