From: Alex Riesen Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:39:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable Message-ID: <81b0412b0904231239qf317c02xbfa548d0011a0302@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: 2009/4/23 Johannes Schindelin : > -       if (link(tmpfile, filename)) > +       if (unreliable_hardlinks) > +               ret = ~EEXIST; It is more like "broken_hardlinks" or even "no_hardlinks"!