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Re: Quick question concerning symlinks

From: mal content <artifact.one_at_googlemail.com>
Date: 2007-02-09 18:23:16 CET

On 09/02/07, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007a@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:09, mal content wrote:
>
> > What is the expected behaviour when checking in a symlink that points
> > to a file NOT under version control?
> >
> > As an example:
> >
> > $ ln -s /bin/sh shell
> > $ svn add shell
> >
> > Under any circumstances, will /bin/sh be copied into the repository?
> > (In my actual situation, these are SSL certificates, so you can
> > understand
> > why I want to make sure they don't end up in the repository).
>
> I would expect that /bin/sh will not be copied into the repository
> under any circumstances. You could try it out and see what happens.
>

I did try it and it wasn't copied in. From a long and bitter history
of frivolous
differences across platforms though (not Subversion, just computing in
general), I've learned that trying it on one platform is never enough...

thanks,
MC

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