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On Apr 22, 2008, at 19:05 , Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Michael Weber <michaelw@foldr.org> writes:
>
>> Previously, git would readlink(2) template files that are symlinks,
>> and then symlink(2) the result into .git/.  This does not work for
>> relative symlinks (as produced by, e.g., encap), and is probably  
>> not a
>> good idea either: it is an irrelevant detail that a file in the
>> template directory is symlinked.
>
> This was very deliberately done to allow a relative symlink that  
> points at
> e.g. ../../hooks/pre-commit with .git/hooks/pre-commit.  IOW, "use  
> what
> the project suggests".

I see.  How can I get the same functionality on a platform which does  
not support symlinks?


Cheers,
Michael

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