On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:52:19 -0500 Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
> I am in receipt of your patch. I have not evaluated it yet because > the entire symbolic-link mechanism in Fossil is confused and very > difficult to manage. It mostly works now, but is brittle. A > seemingly simple patch like what you sent could cause breakage. Perhaps a separate function "make_path()" just to create any directories that may not exist, rather than stuffing it all in blob_write_to_file(). It can be called as follows if needed: make_path(zFile); blob_write_to_file(&content, zFile); > > I am very sorry that I allowed symbolic link support into Fossil in > the first place. (Symbolic link support was neither designed nor > written by me - it is contributed code.) I would really like to get > rid of symbolic link support. Symbolic links seem out-of-place in a > version control system. As implemented, symbolic links are a point of > confusion which (as far as I can see) adds no useful capabilities. Are you referring to symlinks inside a working directory, or Fossil's ability to "follow" them? If so have a survey of users, or a disabled-by-default policy to see if any users need it. _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
