From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDEF61F487 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727547AbgCZAXO (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:23:14 -0400 Received: from mail-il1-f180.google.com ([209.85.166.180]:41545 "EHLO mail-il1-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727530AbgCZAXN (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:23:13 -0400 Received: by mail-il1-f180.google.com with SMTP id t6so145571ilj.8 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:23:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=atlassian-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=eL9b8CS/g/2UEjS7MhM1/IZ498SjMPVYj1vliusqQ3I=; b=hAU/xj3cipAxbQ5/uJVer/juCu486BxDT9bsJsk8HptlriJyPtAH4KY/wqaKUdKTwi ptheAGYuyz6GJ9MyDKlNo0/L3tWlhv8IkORH2xBVm/N7oymMTfEoUE0tnf1X6dS5gbId K251mPwpvebT/G0M5mHMJbIiySBPsBkenlJ46UUS8mHJSX5rQ+yYOhZM03GtYPCCQ3fO Et8ZAA6xxIG1qDnsQAfss+STqQ0CVJ/EE4oYt2O0xRKdluLkmlHTDOQzUsYC7yfWFFs+ +RK7S1xgMussFw/I44T/KLDrPnLrjBhtn171lIEKPHisTcnaLqIsIVOjs2hnRgaSq4CZ 74iQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=eL9b8CS/g/2UEjS7MhM1/IZ498SjMPVYj1vliusqQ3I=; b=CISt5R4msQP+IWw7duROarf2w5A2/QeNQKbn9fpInkYiRyumXYG+4R2WOWI88wJi/D RqjlIP7dfOosoSZbm7lTOVv/3zO5El98ivVARX4jxSwdW5HMTv8X7w+7ajDwwkqROFUk ykTABL87ajdPGfuxpszveYgh0y7M+TAfZJIzKHF9W7E256Z2VIygWUBZA9n57g0ciW4Q jf8LErzZLFpktWb1zh8Yh7PRlrKSSDYpHF1Drn+q25iJliZG3h1utBxTJjy8AfPCE26A BSqFd8SwhaZknkyAp3vr1G/Z4Vp3FSafzmaRaOnqJdOxs8hzAFaqzMBOMX7URVWQLCF0 qdIA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ1gBc+u6L0UDl0T8lOIVmcEa14soRPUOulHjhdB8N5ikf4v6yJ+ FEV75ODsSeF2c2iQxfhbEJVJ5gl3GI/l4PhbNo98SQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vtsAEDdEQjM0Tv71k8C5IW6biiz2252Xn+5QT0VZpcDsFpzEhgewVogJTvW8rxBpMFAqDEPN9245Zla1WOAytg= X-Received: by 2002:a92:359b:: with SMTP id c27mr5973510ilf.148.1585182192507; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:23:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Bryan Turner Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:23:01 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Git doesn't support symlinks To: Daniel Malendez Cc: Git Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:38 PM Daniel Malendez wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I use `Ubuntu 18.04` with filesystem `ext` and `git 2.26.0`. I want to add a macOS Framework to my git repo, which fails with the following error message: > > $ git add -f /var/opt/project1/Foo.framework/Headers/Interior.h > fatal: pathspec '/var/opt/project1/Foo.framework/Headers/Interior.h' is beyond a symbolic link > > If I use `$ git add .` it works fine. Is this a bug? This is what `ls` returns > > Foo.framework $ ls -l > lrwxr-xr-x Headers -> Versions/Current/Headers > lrwxr-xr-x Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources > drwxr-xr-x Versions This didn't add the same thing. What does a "git status" show at this point? I'd expect it would show "Versions/Current/Headers/interior.h" as added to the index, not "Headers/interior.h". > > This sounds like a bug, correct? If not, I am thankful for any advice! Thanks! > It doesn't necessarily seem like a bug, to me; more like a case where Git could potentially be "smarter" to try and determine that, while "Headers/interior.h" is beyond a symlink, the target of that symlink is still in the repository. (Versions/Current _is_ in the same repository, right?) > > > > Best Regards, > Daniel