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Re: Not going beyond symbolic links

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Ddavid@lang.hm <david@lang.hm>
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Aug 5, 2008, 03:04 UTC
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>
>> ... Because this is definitely not a black-and-white "one behavior is
>> wrong and one behavior is right".
>
> I wish I could agree with you that this is a feature, but 16a4c61
> (read-tree -m -u: avoid getting confused by intermediate symlinks.,
> 2007-05-10) and 64cab59 (apply: do not get confused by symlinks in the
> middle, 2007-05-11) came from real world breakage cases and the root cause
> was that we were too lenient to allow such a "feature" that pretends the
> symlink not to be there.
>
> Right now, we are being careful only while branch switching and patch
> application, but the codepaths that add directly to the index (add and
> update-index) are not fixed (or "still has the feature").
>
> I do not see a clean way to keep such a "feature" without hurting users
> who suffered the bugs these two commits from May 2007 fixed.
config option?

I think a command line is too much work for too little value, but if the check could be ignored based on a config option without costing too much it may be reasonable.

David Lang
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Message 45 of 56 in “Submodule support in git mv, git rm”
  1. Petr BaudisJul 16, 2008
  2. 1/7 git-mv: Remove dead code branchPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  3. 2/7 t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuitePetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  4. 3/7 git submodule add: Fix naming clash handlingPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  5. 4/7 submodule.*: Introduce simple C interface for submodule lookup by pathPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  6. 5/7 git mv: Support moving submodulesPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2008
  8. Petr BaudisJul 17, 2008
  9. git-mv: Keep moved index entries inactPetr Baudis, Jul 17, 2008
  10. git mv: Support moving submodulesPetr Baudis, Jul 17, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisJul 21, 2008
  13. [PATCHv2] git-mv: Keep moved index entries inactPetr Baudis, Jul 21, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  16. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2008
  17. t/t7001-mv.sh: Propose ability to use git-mv on conflicting entriesPetr Baudis, Jul 27, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  20. SZEDER GáborJul 28, 2008
  21. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  22. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  23. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  25. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  27. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2008
  30. Not going beyond symbolic linksJunio C Hamano, Aug 4, 2008
  31. 1/2 update-index: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinksJunio C Hamano, Aug 4, 2008
  32. 2/2 add: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinksJunio C Hamano, Aug 4, 2008
  33. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2008
  35. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2008
  36. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2008
  37. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2008
  38. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2008
  39. Dmitry PotapovAug 5, 2008
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2008
  41. Linus TorvaldsAug 5, 2008
  42. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2008
  43. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2008
  44. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2008
  45. david@lang.hmAug 5, 2008
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2008
  47. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2008
  48. Linus TorvaldsAug 8, 2008
  49. Johannes SchindelinJul 21, 2008
  50. Petr BaudisJul 21, 2008
  51. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2008
  52. 6/7 git rm: Support for removing submodulesPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  53. Johannes SchindelinJul 16, 2008
  54. Petr BaudisJul 17, 2008
  55. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2008
  56. 7/7 t7403: Submodule git mv, git rm testsuitePetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008

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