SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 'readlink' is not a bash builtin, so it would need the same number of > fork()s and exec() as 'symbolic-ref'. Of course, the 'readlink' > binary is much smaller than git and has less to do, so it might be a > tiny bit faster, but for this rare corner case it really doesn't > matter. Correct, and by not using it you do not have to worry about systems that does not install the binary. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html