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FS#11324 - git symbolic links

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mark Pustjens (unknown) - Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 17:25 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 20:38 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
in git installs on most(?) systems a number of symlinks is provided in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. These
symlinks are alternative ways to use various functionality of git. An example of such a symlink is
`git-diff', which runs as `git diff'.

By default these symlinks should also be provided in arch, as
1) Some software (eg cogito) depend on these symlinks being there.
2) The git documentation also mentions them, so people expect them to be there.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
git 1.6.0.1-1
* config and/or log files etc.

Steps to reproduce:
pacman -S git
then try to use eg `git-diff'
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Closed by  Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 20:38 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ondrej Jirman (megous) - Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 19:13 GMT
Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command
line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in
1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding
output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH is still supported in this
release, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their
scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing
"git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt
Comment by Mark Pustjens (unknown) - Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 19:49 GMT
Thank you for your quick reply.

I was not aware this is depreciated. I will go out and fix cogito if i can.

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