Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:50:48PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> I would call aversion to -l a superstition, while aversion to -s
>> has a sound technical reasons. The latter means you need to know
>> what you are doing --- namely, you are making the clone still
>> dependent on the original.
>
> So would you accept a patch which adds a git-config variable which
> specifies whether or not local clones should use hard links by default
> (defaulting to yes), and which adds a --no-hard-links option to
> git-clone to override the config option?
Are you suggesting to make -l the default for local, in other
words? I personally do not make local clone often enough that I
am not disturbed having to type extra " -l" on the command line.
But giving a way to force "copy not hardlink" while still
avoiding "the same as the networked case by doing pack transfer"
overhead may be a good thing to do.
Perhaps if the destination is local,
- if -s is given, just set up alternates, do nothing else;
- by default, do "always copy never hardlink";
- with -l, do "hardlink if possible";
Hmmmm...
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