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: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBDA91F670 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:16:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232111AbhJVBSf (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:18:35 -0400 Received: from a2nlsmtp01-02.prod.iad2.secureserver.net ([198.71.225.36]:55388 "EHLO a2nlsmtp01-02.prod.iad2.secureserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232068AbhJVBSf (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:18:35 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 450 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:18:34 EDT Received: from a2plcpnl0855.prod.iad2.secureserver.net ([107.180.109.50]) by : HOSTING RELAY : with ESMTP id dj2BmWbYBIXfLdj2BmGX3F; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:07:47 -0700 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=C+osdSD+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=61720ee3 a=TnFZWvihntyBY5k9PECvpg==:117 a=BlSdDew1iayyegN3dI8xCA==:17 a=9+rZDBEiDlHhcck0kWbJtElFXBc=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=8gfv0ekSlNoA:10 a=zDQT-SbddxT7VuDer4cA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-SECURESERVER-ACCT: justus@opentransactions.org Received: from [173.44.55.155] (port=56824 helo=mailserver) by a2plcpnl0855.prod.iad2.secureserver.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mdj2B-00G5Vj-Ad; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:07:47 -0700 Received: from [10.137.0.14] (helium.fuckthenavy.net [192.168.199.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailserver (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A82F8608B7; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:07:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:07:44 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.1.0 Content-Language: en-US To: git@vger.kernel.org From: Justus Ranvier Subject: gitignore as symbolic link Organization: Open-Transactions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - a2plcpnl0855.prod.iad2.secureserver.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - opentransactions.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: a2plcpnl0855.prod.iad2.secureserver.net: authenticated_id: justus@opentransactions.org X-Authenticated-Sender: a2plcpnl0855.prod.iad2.secureserver.net: justus@opentransactions.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfEeYGSY3wUU5RDKLdBKHBu6N076CACJVhlcXGfUEnfz9pXpwRIkVmi6O2ZeOBRu7X1not+NMPSS/hwdRJgfdv/xhtLFGRySFFcKIuFdaEkUJhpZDrXDd Z46CP3xYvzt+tuGa4sfaqGaZ6vCbWMy/LTWyq7nOygHE5Gt3NRUDLynY0EEzeVn9Mvz2DxXl7jBBsNli/bqX8G21aos8ePaUmeCSNxBazcXU3unFzXtsae/d Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org I have several repositories where the top level .gitignore file is a symbolic link to the actual file which is contained in a submodule which all the repositories share. This worked fine up to and including version 2.31.1 but as of 2.32.0 running any command which would cause .gitignore to be read results in a "too many levels of symbolic links error" and git behaves as if .gitignore is not present.