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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation symlink restrictions for .git* files
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:45:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk0vbcxtb.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201027072648.GG3005508@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 27 Oct 2020 03:26:48 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>>  DESCRIPTION
>>  -----------
>>  
>> -A `gitattributes` file is a simple text file that gives
>> -`attributes` to pathnames.
>> +A `gitattributes` file is a simple text file (it cannot be a
>> +symbolic link to anything) that gives `attributes` to pathnames.
>
> I worried that even a short mention like this would be distracting. Not
> because it's so long, but because it's right there in the very first
> sentence, and I really think this is a corner case that most people
> would not even think about.
>
> So it is helpful if you are looking for info on symlinks and these
> files, but probably clutter if you are looking for something else.
>
> I have to admit I don't feel all that strongly either way, though.

I don't, either, and as I said, I found that the placement of new
text was OK.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-27 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-05  7:17 [PATCH 0/7] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:19 ` [PATCH 1/7] fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:44   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:20     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:29       ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  7:19 ` [PATCH 2/7] fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:46   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  7:19 ` [PATCH 3/7] t7415: rename to expand scope Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:50   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:24     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:34       ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:49         ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:20 ` [PATCH 4/7] t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:53   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:30     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:38       ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  7:21 ` [PATCH 5/7] t0060: test obscured .gitattributes and .gitignore matching Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:03   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:40     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 21:20       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-10-06 14:01         ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:24 ` [PATCH 6/7] verify_path(): disallow symlinks in .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:09   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05 12:07     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:25 ` [PATCH 7/7] fsck: complain when .gitattributes or .gitignore is a symlink Jeff King
2020-10-05  8:12   ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:53     ` Jeff King
2020-10-05  7:32 ` [PATCH 0/7] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-05  8:58   ` Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t7415: rename to expand scope Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured names Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t0060: test obscured .gitattributes and .gitignore matching Jeff King
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] verify_path(): disallow symlinks in .gitattributes and .gitignore Jeff King
2020-10-27  3:35     ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-27  7:58       ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 22:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-28  9:41           ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 23:43         ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-10-28 19:18           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-05 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] fsck: complain when .gitattributes or .gitignore is a symlink Jeff King
2020-10-06 20:41   ` [PATCH v2 0/8] forbidding symlinked .gitattributes and .gitignore Junio C Hamano
2020-10-20 23:19   ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-23  8:17     ` [PATCH] documentation symlink restrictions for .git* files Jeff King
2020-10-23  8:27       ` Jeff King
2020-10-26 22:18       ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-26 22:53         ` Jeff King
2020-10-26 23:32           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-27  7:26             ` Jeff King
2020-10-27 18:45               ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-10-27 21:00                 ` Philip Oakley
2020-10-28 19:14                   ` Junio C Hamano

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