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From: "Stephen Cuppett" <cuppett@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:35:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <316a20a40708301835hc4236d4tdb289b6f705ab86@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I went to clone git onto a memory stick today.  The default fs on the
sticks doesn't support symlinks.  After looking a little bit, the only
symlink I can see in the source tree is RelNotes.  It appears when
going to a new release the file gets created in /Documentation and the
symlink updated.

I propose we eliminate this symlink.  There are multiple other things
we can do to eliminate it and make the repository more flexible across
filesystems:

 * Always have current release in /Documentation/RelNotes and keep the
prior versions named the way they are maintained now.  When starting a
new release, rename the file and create it again.
 * Keep the current in RelNotes and leave the archived ones in
/Documentation.  Doing same content move and clear operation when
starting a new release.
 * Keep two copies RelNotes and /Documentation/RelNotes-X.X.X that
essentially have same content and RelNotes has a lot of churn
 * others...?

With this one abnormality the git repo on a normal flash drive doesn't
work... at least in my case.

             reply	other threads:[~2007-08-31  1:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-31  1:35 Stephen Cuppett [this message]
2007-08-31  1:39 ` [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes Petr Baudis
2007-08-31  6:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-31  2:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-31  6:08   ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2007-08-31  6:44 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2007-08-31  7:09   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-31  7:22     ` [PATCH] autodetect core.symlinks in git-init Junio C Hamano
2007-08-31  8:00       ` Nanako Shiraishi
2007-08-31  8:23       ` Marius Storm-Olsen
     [not found]     ` <316a20a40708310539w1d20c391w8566a042c7a8679a@mail.gmail.com>
2007-08-31 12:52       ` [RFC] Change handling of RelNotes Stephen Cuppett
2007-08-31 20:25         ` Junio C Hamano

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