Michael Weber <michaelw@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Previously, git would readlink(2) template files that are symlinks, > and then symlink(2) the result into .git/. This does not work for > relative symlinks (as produced by, e.g., encap), and is probably not a > good idea either: it is an irrelevant detail that a file in the > template directory is symlinked. This was very deliberately done to allow a relative symlink that points at e.g. ../../hooks/pre-commit with .git/hooks/pre-commit. IOW, "use what the project suggests". -- 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