From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: Symbolic link documentation Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:51 -0400 Message-ID: <20070920191651.GW3099@spearce.org> References: <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C3052E98EB@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com> <20070920172736.GU3099@spearce.org> <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C3052E993B@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com> <20070920181100.GV3099@spearce.org> <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C3052E99F9@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Matt Seitz (matseitz)" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 20 21:17:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IYRWH-0003Fb-RN for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:17:02 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752929AbXITTQ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752310AbXITTQ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:56 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:54535 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751892AbXITTQ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:56 -0400 Received: from [74.70.48.173] (helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IYRW1-0005G0-Ef; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:45 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CF4BF20FBAE; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:51 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C3052E99F9@xmb-sjc-233.amer.cisco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "Matt Seitz (matseitz)" wrote: > From: spearce@spearce.org [mailto:spearce@spearce.org] > > > > So Git handles symlinks in the working tree *without* > > dereferencing them. > > Thanks. Is there a recommended procedure for tracking changes when the > symlink target is outside the working tree? Move the link target so its inside the working tree? Git won't step outside of the working tree to look for or to record changes. Its outside. We don't track things outside of the part of the world you've asked us to track. -- Shawn.