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I tried to symlink /boot/grub/ and got one single file (the symbolic
link itself). Some googling immediately revealed that making git follow
symlinks is a popular question, with a typical answer that git doesn't
like to do that (or can't do that).<br>
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So given that a configuration repository is supposed to be a long term
thing, I would avoid this, even if I found a way to trick git into
following symlinks. Even specific symlinks (because /etc has a few of
its own).<br>
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Eli<br>
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On 06/08/2012 08:06 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Eli Billauer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eli@billauer.co.il"><eli@billauer.co.il></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">What I liked less, is that the repository is under /etc (not surprising, and
still), so configuration files outside that directory can't be
tracked. /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/, for example.
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So, out of curiousity, what does it do with symlinks? A typical use
case, in my mind, would be a package under /opt with configuration
under /opt/foo/etc and symlinks under /etc/foo - how is that handled?
If it works in some sane way then maybe all it takes is symlinking
what you need?
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