On 5/7/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2006, Yakov Lerner wrote:
>
> I have a project that makes heavy use of symlinks in the source tree.
> I added it to git, then cloned the repository, and all symlinks were
> converted to plain files. What am I missing to preserve symlinks ?
You're not missing anything, it sounds like a bug. What did you use to
clone, and what version? It definitely doesn't happen for me:
mkdir symlink
cd symlink/
git-init-db
ln -s unknown new-link
ls -l
git add new-link
git commit
cd
git clone symlink symlink2
cd symlink2/
ls -l
shows that the symlink was preserved.
Yes, I see now it's not git problem. I suspect
I just incorrectly copied the files into git-init-db directory,
something like 'cp -r' instead of 'cp -a' or tar/cpio. Sorry I'm
new to git.
Thanks
Yakov
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