From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:41:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [msysGit] [PATCH] Installer: Create builtins as symbolic links on Vista
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1001160139070.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <1263593219-6032-1-git-send-email-michael.lukashov@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Michael Lukashov wrote:

> When create builtins, first try to use CreateSymbolicLinkW function. If 
> symbolic link creating fails, hard links are created.
> 
> Tested under WinXP (both FAT32 and NTFS), Vista and Win7.
> 
> This patch applies on top of ss/installer-improvements branch.

The commit message is a wonderful place to convince readers that the 
patched code has a tremendous advantage over the existing code.

Maybe you forgot to add this discussion?

Ciao,
Dscho

P.S.: I am quite sure that the Git mailing list is maybe better suited for 
patches to the Git source code rather than for patches to the InnoSetup 
code of Git for Windows.