From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:06:20 GMT
Subject: Re: About git reporting missing newline for symlinks
Message-ID: <xmqqmt9zfpz7.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <221013.8635brldj4.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> Would, for those users, be less confusing as:
>
> 	diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
> 	index d505db645be..758368388a4 120000
> 	--- a/RelNotes
> 	+++ b/RelNotes
> 	@@ -1 +1 @@
> 	-Documentation/RelNotes/2.38.0.txt
> 	\ The symlink above has no trailing NL in its filename
> 	+Documentation/RelNotes/2.39.0.txt
> 	\ The symlink above has no trailing NL in its filename
>
> *dunno* :)

I do not think so, but "The symlink lacks the terminating LF and it
is perfectly normal" would be an OK thing to say.  It would make it
clear that it is not a warning message.