From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Always copy template files (no symlinking)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:05:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vprshyg5e.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080422140359.GA9590@roadkill.foldr.org> (Michael Weber's message of "Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:03:59 +0200")
Michael Weber <michaelw@foldr•org> writes:
> 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.
This was very deliberately done to allow a relative symlink that points at
e.g. ../../hooks/pre-commit with .git/hooks/pre-commit. IOW, "use what
the project suggests".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-22 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-22 14:03 [PATCH] Always copy template files (no symlinking) Michael Weber
2008-04-22 17:05 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-04-22 19:12 ` Michael Weber
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