From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:30:35 GMT
Subject: Re: msysGit on FAT32 (was: What's cooking in git.git (topics))
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712041329230.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <m3hciyvklt.fsf_-_@roke.D-201>

Hi,

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
> 
> > BTW, we do use hardlinks on Windows; even the MsysGit installer 
> > creates them (as long as the filesystem is NTFS). So, the fallout you 
> > are expecting/hoping for will not be in the first round of MinGW port 
> > patches. ;)
> 
> Would it be possible to add option to an installer to _not_ install 
> git-cmd form for builtins when installing on FAT28^W FAT32?

It is the InnoSetup based installer that does that.  MSys has no way (yet) 
to create hard links (at least that's the state of my knowledge).

Ciao,
Dscho