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From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
To: Michael Herrmann <michael@herrmann.io>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A puzzle: reset --hard and hard links
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:20:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YengSfSDzVzvrJ6f@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABrKpmCt3zKONLp5ZjV1PxLyfM-koc=tKopKUUpx4nF2n_eo_w@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2022-01-20 at 08:59:02, Michael Herrmann wrote:
> Thank you for your replies. Is there a way to tell Git not to sever
> hard links as highlighted by my example?

No, there isn't.  If you need to deal with files that should be linked
and stored in a Git repository, your best bet is symlinks.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-20 22:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-19 20:37 A puzzle: reset --hard and hard links Michael Herrmann
2022-01-19 22:20 ` brian m. carlson
2022-01-19 22:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-20  8:59     ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-20 22:20       ` brian m. carlson [this message]
2022-01-21 12:50         ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-24 13:48           ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-24 18:07             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-24 18:16               ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-24 21:19                 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-24 21:50                   ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-25  8:49                     ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-25 11:33                     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-25 13:29                       ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-25 14:30                         ` Michael Herrmann
2022-01-26  2:14                           ` brian m. carlson
2022-01-26 18:46                             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-24 22:18                   ` rsbecker

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