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Re: change symlink

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SWshawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
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Oct 30, 2012, 22:22 UTC
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
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> shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> and once it's added, status says:
>> #       renamed:    t2 -> t2/one/test
>>
>> that's not exactly true, but...
>
> What's wrong with it?  Both files have the same contents, which is the
> link target for symlinks.
>

ok, you're right about that (another test where i changed where the symlink pointed): # deleted: test # new file: test/one/t3

however (what got me started wondering about this and a point i forgot about) - t2/one/test doesn't show up under 'untracked files' in in status that scenario. shouldn't it?

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