Re: [RFC PATCH v4 00/19] Modernize the build system

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 14, 2024, 23:06 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq34jt76vp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZzWxvnn3Vu0rW7_A@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> If this is a requirement I can adapt though. While Meson does not
> support hardlinks natively, we can of of course manually wire up them
> if required.

Nah, there must be bigger fish to fry in the new build system integration, and I have a feeling that by the time we are done, we may have lost the largest need for hardlinks.

I have a feeling that in _some_ future, we may not be installing "git-add" and friends for the built-in commands anywhere on disk, which is historically the primary thing we use hardlinks for to conserve both disk space and inodes.

Thanks.

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