Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla get --hard-links available

[Pau Aliagas]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Paul Hedderly wrote:

> > > Ok - howabout adding a "tla edit <file> [...]" subcommand as well. It
> > > would call $EDITOR with the file(s) you want to edit, after making sure
> > > they have been 'localised'.

> > That would be featurism :)
> 
> Pah. It's about making it easy for people to use without breaking
> things...
> 
> At least could get -l create a
> 
>   ++WARNING-HARD-LINKS-AT-WORK-HERE-SO-EDIT-AT-YOUR-PEERRRRRRILLLLL!!!!
> 
> file or something? Something that won't get RC'd but will remind users
> that there is a danger lurking in this working dir...
> 
> (I know I would very easily forget which tree's are --link'd and which
> are not... and I don't want to break my archives!)

See Davide Libenzi's excllent solution in user space:
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-arch-users/2003-10/msg00137.html

It looks like it would solve all these problems.

Pau