On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:22:04PM +0000, shawn wilson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> and once it's added, status says: > >> # renamed: t2 -> t2/one/test > >> > >> that's not exactly true, but... > > > > What's wrong with it? Both files have the same contents, which is the > > link target for symlinks. > > > > ok, you're right about that (another test where i changed where the > symlink pointed): > # deleted: test > # new file: test/one/t3 > > > however (what got me started wondering about this and a point i forgot > about) - t2/one/test doesn't show up under 'untracked files' in in > status that scenario. shouldn't it? Yes, I think that is a bug. My guess is that the presence of "test" in the index fools us from descending into the directory. And indeed, if you try "git status -uall", you will see the untracked file. So it is something with the directory traversal cutoff in the regular "-unormal" mode. -Peff -- 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