The only user of "cp -l" in the Linus GIT is git-clone-script local optimization. I could revert it to the version that I originally sent to the list, which uses cpio -pld, if your cpio groks that flag.
Those options are in the man page, at least. Bryan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html