From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 18:07:41 GMT
Subject: Re: symlinks
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605071104230.3718@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <f36b08ee0605071047h32ccef4bk76ac360ada1331a@mail.gmail.com>



On Sun, 7 May 2006, Yakov Lerner wrote:
> 
> I have a project that makes heavy use of symlinks in the source tree.
> I added it to git, then cloned the repository, and all symlinks were
> converted to plain files. What am I missing to preserve symlinks ?

You're not missing anything, it sounds like a bug. What did you use to 
clone, and what version? It definitely doesn't happen for me:

	mkdir symlink
	cd symlink/
	git-init-db 
	ln -s unknown new-link
	ls -l
	git add new-link 
	git commit

	cd 
	git clone symlink symlink2
	cd symlink2/
	ls -l

shows that the symlink was preserved.

But maybe there's a bug in some older version, or in some other clone 
protocol...

		Linus