From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:51:31 GMT
Subject: Re: adding file by absolute name -- problem
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704231247480.8822@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <f36b08ee0704230330if89d417udefb8e50062d5a05@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Yakov Lerner wrote:

> CVS did not accept absolute pathnames, and SVN does. It is really convenient.

I do not feel very comfortable with the thought. If you have symbolic 
links somewhere along the path, it is easy to get wrong.

This line of thought got me confused: would

$ ln -s /tmp x
$ touch x/y
$ git add x/y

work?

*clicketyclick*

Yes, it does. It ignores the fact that x is not a directory, but a 
symbolic link. Lots of opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot.

Think about the consequences of doing something like this in one 
repository, where "x" points into another one...

Ciao,
Dscho