From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: msysGit on FAT32 (was: What's cooking in git.git (topics)) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:30:35 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <20071022063222.GS14735@spearce.org> <7vzly84qwf.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vmytycykt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vr6j6ve90.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vir4d40sw.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vwsso3poo.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vfxz89x9q.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vabpctx3b.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vsl30eyuk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vve7tuz3a.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7v4pfakr4j.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vzlwv6sxr.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vy7ca6ea9.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <47552084.3070601@viscovery.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Johannes Sixt , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Dec 04 14:31:28 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 1IzXrt-0006P3-Kz for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:31:22 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753189AbXLDNbB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:31:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753023AbXLDNbB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:31:01 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:45382 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752867AbXLDNbA (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:31:00 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Dec 2007 13:30:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp024) with SMTP; 04 Dec 2007 14:30:58 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX183UyFqGZU3B4fwx0NiIzQyXaOFelsAzWFFfk4liC 6XvWTfPxROcAkx X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Johannes Sixt writes: > > > BTW, we do use hardlinks on Windows; even the MsysGit installer > > creates them (as long as the filesystem is NTFS). So, the fallout you > > are expecting/hoping for will not be in the first round of MinGW port > > patches. ;) > > Would it be possible to add option to an installer to _not_ install > git-cmd form for builtins when installing on FAT28^W FAT32? It is the InnoSetup based installer that does that. MSys has no way (yet) to create hard links (at least that's the state of my knowledge). Ciao, Dscho