Re: Symbolic link documentation

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:

> Where does the git user documentation discuss how git handles symbolic 
> links?

$ git grep symbolic Documentation/ | grep link
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt:    in place of the symbolic link.  The default strategy,
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt:    that was pointed at by the symbolic link.  Both of these
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt:    when changes to a symbolic link conflicted.  It should have
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt:    file the symbolic link pointed at.
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.5.txt:    directory $PWD points at is a symbolic link.
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.6.txt:    directory $PWD points at is a symbolic link.
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt:    in place of the symbolic link.  The default strategy,
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt:    that was pointed at by the symbolic link.  Both of these
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt:    when changes to a symbolic link conflicted.  It should have
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt:    file the symbolic link pointed at.
Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.2.txt:   - an untracked symbolic link to a directory made it fart;
Documentation/config.txt:	If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
Documentation/config.txt:	symbolic links. True by default.
Documentation/config.txt:	and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
Documentation/config.txt:	expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
Documentation/core-tutorial.txt:   This is similar to a symbolic link and points at
Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt:	Instead of regular file-to-file copying use symbolic links to the objects
Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt:In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at
Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt:advertised (horrors).  Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated
Documentation/git-update-index.txt:to 'false' (see gitlink:git-config[1]), symbolic links are checked out
Documentation/git-update-index.txt:from symbolic link to regular file.
Documentation/git-update-ref.txt:these symbolic pointers, whether they are symlinks or these
Documentation/git-update-ref.txt:"regular file symbolic refs".  It follows *real* symlinks only
Documentation/glossary.txt:	references are manipulated with the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1]
Documentation/repository-layout.txt:	a symbolic link instead of a symref that points at the current
Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt:files vs symbolic links) and executable bits (only for regular

Hth,
Dscho