From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:18:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] attr: do not respect symlinks for in-tree .gitattributes
Message-ID: <xmqqoa1o6vca.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161109231720.luuhezzziuhx4r75@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 02:58:37PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> I'm slightly confused. Did you mean "supporting any in-tree symlink to
> an out-of-tree destination" in your first sentence?

I was trying to say that these "control files used solely by git"
have no business being a symbolic link pointing at anywhere, even
inside the same tree; actually, especially if it is inside the same
tree.