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Re: symbolic link management in git-archive

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Sergio Callegari <sergio.callegari@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2008, 19:20 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster <at> pobox.com> writes:
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> 
> Under such an option, at least the comment in the archive (both for zip
> and tar) that notes which revision the tarball was taken from should be
> omitted.  As long as that is done, I think it is Ok to have such an
> optional behaviour.
>

yes, I overlooked this, but it makes perfect sense: if it is not an exact copy of the tracked state, it should not pretend to be so by indicating a revision.

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  1. Sergio CallegariMar 27, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaMar 27, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinMar 27, 2008
  4. Sergio CallegariMar 27, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2008
  6. Sergio CallegariMar 27, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2008
  8. Sergio CallegariMar 27, 2008
  9. René ScharfeMar 31, 2008
  10. Sergio CallegariMar 31, 2008

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