Subject: [PATCH] Always copy template files (no symlinking)

From: Michael Weber <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:03:59 +0200

Previously, git would readlink(2) template files that are symlinks,
and then symlink(2) the result into .git/.  This does not work for
relative symlinks (as produced by, e.g., encap), and is probably not a
good idea either: it is an irrelevant detail that a file in the
template directory is symlinked.

Signed-off-by: Michael Weber <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin-init-db.c |   15 ++-------------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index 2854868..b025a62 100644
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -83,19 +83,8 @@ static void copy_templates_1(char *path, int baselen,
 		}
 		else if (exists)
 			continue;
-		else if (S_ISLNK(st_template.st_mode)) {
-			char lnk[256];
-			int len;
-			len = readlink(template, lnk, sizeof(lnk));
-			if (len < 0)
-				die("cannot readlink %s", template);
-			if (sizeof(lnk) <= len)
-				die("insanely long symlink %s", template);
-			lnk[len] = 0;
-			if (symlink(lnk, path))
-				die("cannot symlink %s %s", lnk, path);
-		}
-		else if (S_ISREG(st_template.st_mode)) {
+		else if (S_ISREG(st_template.st_mode) ||
+			 S_ISLNK(st_template.st_mode)) {
 			if (copy_file(path, template, st_template.st_mode))
 				die("cannot copy %s to %s", template, path);
 		}
-- 
1.5.5.69.ga0a105