Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
> My first reaction was: but wait, what about the file mode? Then I
> remembered that René offered the opinion that we could easily introduce
> `--add-executable-file-with-contents` _iff_ we need that at some stage,
> and when I considered symbolic links, I noticed that the `--add-file`
> option does not accept those in the first place, so it would be funny if
> `--add-file-with-contents` supported symbolic links.
Knowing how we present symbolic links in the patch output, I would
actually think it is quite natural to say
--add-virtual-file=RelNotes:120000:Documentation/RelNotes/2.37.0.txt
and be able to create a symlink. But if we are to go in the route
to later add "--add-executable-file-with-contents", it is plausibly
a workable solution to add "--add-virtual-symbolic-link", too. And
when it happens, we may say "why didn't we use the word 'virtual' in
the existing option names?"
By the way, should it be "--add-file-with-contents", just like you
wrote above? The version in 'seen' says "--add-file-with-content".
Thanks.
