shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > i'm curious why this is being reported as deleted in status and diff > and not modified? this was tested on a build of the master branch of > the current git repo (1.8.0). > > mkdir t cd t; git --init > > touch test > git add test > git commit test -m "test" > > ln -s test t2 > git add t2 > git commit t2 -m "symlink" > > rm t2 > mkdir -p t2/one > ln -s test t2/one/test git add t2/one/test > this then shows up as: > > % git status > # On branch master > # Changes not staged for commit: > # (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) > # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) > # > # deleted: t2 > # > no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") I'd expected t2/one/test be reported as untracked. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- 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