On 6 August 2013 18:14, Björn Spruck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > (meld 1.6.1, ubuntu 13.4) > > If meld is started in/on a git repository ("meld ."), which contains a soft > link loop (like "ln -s . loop"), it will scan nearly endlessly. > > Even if started on a normal directory containing a softlink, it will only > work on a first look. > If you click on "unversioned files" you will see that meld will loop into > the softlink trap, too. > > mkdir test ; cd test ; ln -s . loop ; meld .
I think that will affect all version control backends. We don't have any symlink checking when doing tree scanning at all, if I recall correctly. Could you please file a bug? cheers, Kai _______________________________________________ meld-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/meld-list
