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Re: Symbolic link documentation

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 20, 2007, 17:20 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> Where does the git user documentation discuss how git handles symbolic 
> links?

$ git grep symbolic Documentation/ | grep link Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt: in place of the symbolic link. The default strategy, Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt: that was pointed at by the symbolic link. Both of these Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt: when changes to a symbolic link conflicted. It should have Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt: file the symbolic link pointed at. Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.5.txt: directory $PWD points at is a symbolic link. Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.6.txt: directory $PWD points at is a symbolic link. Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt: in place of the symbolic link. The default strategy, Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt: that was pointed at by the symbolic link. Both of these Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt: when changes to a symbolic link conflicted. It should have Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt: file the symbolic link pointed at. Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.2.txt: - an untracked symbolic link to a directory made it fart; Documentation/config.txt: If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that Documentation/config.txt: symbolic links. True by default. Documentation/config.txt: and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. Documentation/config.txt: expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. Documentation/core-tutorial.txt: This is similar to a symbolic link and points at Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt: Instead of regular file-to-file copying use symbolic links to the objects Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt:In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt:advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated Documentation/git-update-index.txt:to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out Documentation/git-update-index.txt:from symbolic link to regular file. Documentation/git-update-ref.txt:these symbolic pointers, whether they are symlinks or these Documentation/git-update-ref.txt:"regular file symbolic refs". It follows *real* symlinks only Documentation/glossary.txt: references are manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] Documentation/repository-layout.txt: a symbolic link instead of a symref that points at the current Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt:files vs symbolic links) and executable bits (only for regular

Hth, Dscho

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