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=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 35C452021E for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:25:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754131AbcKJAZO (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:25:14 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:56143 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754760AbcKJAZL (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:25:11 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 463474EF63; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:18:31 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=rdWjRvtCczKmLqIU1C0NLtSDU6s=; b=gnfZPE 1pruZIMtmb2GV4JAWxENl104MI/HqtaK3xPm7hzg+gS4/2yY5QlmzKReUnfR6mwJ fuw/yLDpCquo33HD7fEsDObSTWG0/d75dm1EKuo54n3KWOAht/vZzKUBBLrVd9QY x4erai+SmeGpA6xCCHUArNbFsgr58ke73Md7Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=hxt4CzlssDo6J/4FspKX5j9NLM0aHJzd 83jSSe7uargv46uXLvt4RhXO5Oa9vEfp7Vpf1/jbrrVft25y1SqXIcF96RvfplMk 4E9mVTsRZjOR8bPDYU7hlsg5ACv3ElTL4AeQWXyqRcwlqQ/KDJG/S00ShGS8Bmdw KQwMfajoGUk= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D69A4EF62; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:18:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B56354EF5F; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:18:30 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: Duy Nguyen , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] attr: do not respect symlinks for in-tree .gitattributes References: <20161102130432.d3zprdul4sqgcfwu@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161102130848.qpigt4hxpoyfjf7x@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161107211010.xo3243egggdgscou@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161107211522.vzl4zpsu5cpembgc@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161109231720.luuhezzziuhx4r75@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:18:29 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20161109231720.luuhezzziuhx4r75@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Wed, 9 Nov 2016 18:17:21 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 3588E81C-A6DB-11E6-BA6D-987C12518317-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 02:58:37PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > I'm slightly confused. Did you mean "supporting any in-tree symlink to > an out-of-tree destination" in your first sentence? I was trying to say that these "control files used solely by git" have no business being a symbolic link pointing at anywhere, even inside the same tree; actually, especially if it is inside the same tree.