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Narrow checkouts, was Re: [PATCH] Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 3, 2007, 00:14 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> This is off-topic, but I am having this nagging feeling that we may want 
> to revisit the ignorestat stuff to ignore more than what it currently 
> does.  For example, if we make it to not even care if the path is 
> missing from the working tree, I think it would help working in a 
> narrowly checked out repository.

I was thinking the same, when I heard that request, but was not able to find time to do it. Maybe somebody else wants to jump in and help?

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 8 of 8 in “Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.”
  1. Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.Johannes Sixt, Mar 2, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2007
  3. Johannes SixtMar 2, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2007
  6. Johannes SixtMar 3, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2007
  8. Narrow checkouts, was Re: [PATCH] Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.Johannes Schindelin, Mar 3, 2007

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