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Re: Bug: git add with absolute path fails if repo root dir is a symlink

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Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 27, 2010, 07:23 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 09:25, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't run git add with absolute path if the repository's root
> directory is a symlink.

Note that this issue is also triggered if *any* of the directories in path above of my repo are symlinks.

This is a show-stopper for my current workflow.
Is there a way to quickly workaround this somehow?
Alexander.
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