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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | environment.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 4 |
6 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b27b0d5c0..d1a4bec0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ core.ignoreStat:: slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. False by default. -core.onlyUseSymrefs:: - Always use the "symref" format instead of symbolic links for HEAD - and other symbolic reference files. True by default. +core.preferSymlinkRefs:: + Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD + and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. + This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that + expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. core.repositoryFormatVersion:: Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ all: # # Define NO_SETENV if you don't have setenv in the C library. # -# Define USE_SYMLINK_HEAD if you want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link. -# Don't enable it on Windows. +# Define NO_SYMLINK_HEAD if you never want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link. +# Enable it on Windows. By default, symrefs are still used. # # Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of # a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC. @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin) NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease + NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease # There are conflicting reports about this. # On some boxes NO_MMAP is needed, and not so elsewhere. @@ -387,6 +388,9 @@ endif ifdef NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT endif +ifdef NO_SYMLINK_HEAD + ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_SYMLINK_HEAD +endif ifdef NO_STRCASESTR COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRCASESTR COMPAT_OBJS += compat/strcasestr.o @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ extern void rollback_index_file(struct cache_file *); /* Environment bits from configuration mechanism */ extern int trust_executable_bit; extern int assume_unchanged; -extern int only_use_symrefs; +extern int prefer_symlink_refs; extern int warn_ambiguous_refs; extern int diff_rename_limit_default; extern int shared_repository; @@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value) return 0; } - if (!strcmp(var, "core.symrefsonly")) { - only_use_symrefs = git_config_bool(var, value); + if (!strcmp(var, "core.prefersymlinkrefs")) { + prefer_symlink_refs = git_config_bool(var, value); return 0; } diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c index 6df647862..444c99ed6 100644 --- a/environment.c +++ b/environment.c @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ char git_default_email[MAX_GITNAME]; char git_default_name[MAX_GITNAME]; int trust_executable_bit = 1; int assume_unchanged = 0; -int only_use_symrefs = 0; +int prefer_symlink_refs = 0; int warn_ambiguous_refs = 1; int repository_format_version = 0; char git_commit_encoding[MAX_ENCODING_LENGTH] = "utf-8"; @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ int create_symref(const char *git_HEAD, const char *refs_heads_master) char ref[1000]; int fd, len, written; -#ifdef USE_SYMLINK_HEAD - if (!only_use_symrefs) { +#ifndef NO_SYMLINK_HEAD + if (prefer_symlink_refs) { unlink(git_HEAD); if (!symlink(refs_heads_master, git_HEAD)) return 0; |