On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Dmitry Chestnykh wrote: > On Jan 28, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Doug Currie wrote: >> Do all supported platforms have the equivalent of stat() to see if a linked >> object is a directory or a file? >> >> In that case the F-card access permissions could be extended further with >> "ld" for link to directory and "lf" for link to file when the link is first >> imported into Fossil. This would matter only when the link is created in a >> working copy on Windows. > > > But the target file or directory could not exist at all, so it won't solve > the problem.
What is "the problem?" I thought the problem was knowing if the link to be created was to a directory or to a file. > 2. Do not follow symlinks, but add their target path as plain-text content, > and recreate them on checkout where possible (Git, Hg, etc. behavior). i.e., create the link "where possible." e _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
