#453: Formaline deletes files if lib and src are symlinks ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: barry.wardell | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
Comment (by eschnett):
Yes, that is the idea. The patch as stop-gap measure, and then trying to understand the real cause of the problem and correcting git-add-thorn.pl.
I do not think that Mac OS allows hard links to directories for regular users. With these, one can create directory structures that are not trees, which would break many Unix expectations; in particular, one can create directory structures disconnected from the root directory and hence unreachable. Root can call the "link" syscall (maybe even from the "ln" command, possibly with a special option) to do this, but it's highly discouraged.