Re: [RFC/PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks

2012-07-27 Thread Sascha Cunz
On Friday, July 27, 2012 03:58:49 PM you wrote: > Sascha Cunz writes: > > Ok, so repository and working directory are simply not meant to be on > > different file systems. Thanks for the clarification. > > I did not mean "and that is a rule we need to enforce and keep > forever". I did not parse

Re: [RFC/PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks

2012-07-27 Thread Junio C Hamano
Sascha Cunz writes: > Ok, so repository and working directory are simply not meant to be on > different file systems. Thanks for the clarification. I did not mean "and that is a rule we need to enforce and keep forever". I was just answering your (implied) question "why does code comment, behav

Re: [RFC/PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks

2012-07-27 Thread Sascha Cunz
On Friday, July 27, 2012 02:55:49 PM you wrote: > Sascha Cunz writes: > > From 3f449e719b924929f1f8ca9b5eff83f17bc64c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Sascha Cunz > > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:54:56 +0200 > > Subject: [PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks > > > > When cr

Re: [RFC/PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks

2012-07-27 Thread Junio C Hamano
Sascha Cunz writes: > From 3f449e719b924929f1f8ca9b5eff83f17bc64c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Sascha Cunz > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:54:56 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks > > When creating a new repository, we check some capabilities of the > u

[RFC/PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks

2012-07-27 Thread Sascha Cunz
>From 3f449e719b924929f1f8ca9b5eff83f17bc64c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sascha Cunz Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:54:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Use work tree to determine if it supports symlinks When creating a new repository, we check some capabilities of the underlying file system(s). We check