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Re: Implement core.symlinks to support filesystems without symlinks

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 1, 2007, 17:13 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0703011811560.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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<200703011256.50659.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> - What do you want to do today?
> 	a) Screw me with copies
> 	b) Screw me with text links
> 	c) Screw me with shortcuts (cygwin does this which is fine as long 
>	   as I stay within cygwin, so it is ok as a default behaviour 
>	   there, but not otherwise)

I think we already wasted enough quality time on this Windows hell. I will not, repeat, not waste any more time on this issue.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 17 of 18 in “Implement core.symlinks to support filesystems without symlinks”
  1. Johannes SixtFeb 27, 2007
  2. Add a flag core.symlinks analogous to core.filemode.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  3. Do not change the file type if the filesystem does not support symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  4. Create a symbolic link as a regular file on filesystems without symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  5. diff-lib.c: Ignore type differences if the filesystem does not support symlinks.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  6. Describe core.symlinks in the man pages.Johannes Sixt, Feb 27, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  8. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2007
  10. Johannes SixtFeb 28, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 28, 2007
  12. Robin RosenbergFeb 27, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 28, 2007
  14. Robin RosenbergFeb 28, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinMar 1, 2007
  16. Robin RosenbergMar 1, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinMar 1, 2007
  18. Johannes SixtMar 1, 2007

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