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RE: Symlinks

From: Miller, Eric <Eric.Miller_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:50:28 -0800

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Porter [mailto:shiva_at_sewingwitch.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:22 PM
>
> On Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:30 PM -0800 "Miller, Eric"
> <Eric.Miller_at_amd.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a hard and fast rule of how svn should treat symlinks?
>
> I recall reading in a thread in the last few days that symlinks are a
> unique, versioned type of object, distinct from directories and files.
> Only
> true directories, not symlinks, should be traversed by recursive
> operations.

That's what I thought as well. I've got a couple of testcases that
don't appear to work in this manner. I'll send them to the dev list.

Thanks,

Eric

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