From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6492920989 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756609AbcJMTqc (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:46:32 -0400 Received: from ikke.info ([178.21.113.177]:53790 "EHLO vps892.directvps.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756513AbcJMTqa (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:46:30 -0400 Received: by vps892.directvps.nl (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 28D6A4401D4; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:35:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:35:58 +0200 From: Kevin Daudt To: Heiko Voigt Cc: David Turner , "git@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Uninitialized submodules as symlinks Message-ID: <20161013193558.GC1698@ikke.info> References: <20161013161017.GC29710@book.hvoigt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161013161017.GC29710@book.hvoigt.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 06:10:17PM +0200, Heiko Voigt wrote: > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 06:17:05PM +0000, David Turner wrote: > > Presently, uninitialized submodules are materialized in the working > > tree as empty directories. We would like to consider having them be > > symlinks. Specifically, we'd like them to be symlinks into a FUSE > > filesystem which retrieves files on demand. > > How about portability? This feature would only work on Unix like > operating systems. You have to be careful to not break Windows since > they do not have symlinks. > NTFS does have symlinks, but you need admin right to create them though (unless you change the policy).