From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>,
"Linux-Kernel\@Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
twaugh@redhat.com, Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: patch-2.7.3 no longer applies relative symbolic link patches
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:34:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtwzadrj8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfvauf7ej.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:05:56 -0800")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Subject: [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink
>
> Because Git tracks symbolic links as symbolic links, a path that has
> a symbolic link in its leading part (e.g. path/to/dir being a
> symbolic link to somewhere else, be it inside or outside the working
> tree) can never appear in a patch that validly apply, unless the
> same patch first removes the symbolic link.
I should rephrase the above to make it more readable.
... its leading part (e.g. path/to/dir/file, where path/to/dir is a
symbolic link to somewhere else, ...
is what I meant to say.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-29 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-26 16:29 patch-2.7.3 no longer applies relative symbolic link patches Josh Boyer
2015-01-26 16:32 ` Josh Boyer
2015-01-26 20:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-26 21:01 ` David Kastrup
2015-01-26 21:07 ` Josh Boyer
2015-01-26 21:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-26 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-26 21:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-27 15:47 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2015-01-31 21:27 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2015-01-26 22:15 ` Josh Boyer
2015-01-27 3:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-27 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-29 6:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-29 6:34 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-01-29 20:45 ` [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink Junio C Hamano
2015-01-29 22:15 ` Stefan Beller
2015-01-29 23:48 ` [PATCH 2/1] apply: reject input that touches outside $cwd Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 18:24 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 19:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 19:16 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 9:04 ` [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink Christian Couder
2015-01-30 18:11 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 19:46 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 19:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 20:07 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 20:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 20:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 20:16 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 20:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 20:48 ` Jeff King
2015-01-30 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-30 21:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-27 15:26 ` patch-2.7.3 no longer applies relative symbolic link patches Andreas Gruenbacher
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