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BUG Re: [Gnu-arch-users] those pesty .#blah emacs symlinks
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Robert Collins |
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BUG Re: [Gnu-arch-users] those pesty .#blah emacs symlinks |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:35:26 +1000 |
On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 08:44, Robert Anderson wrote:
> Some of my developers are complaining about always having to
> remove .#blah emacs symlink droppings so they can commit.
>
> I don't mind a solution from either end here: how do you stop
> emacs from creating those, or, alternatively, can we have an
> option for turning off that check?
>
> We already have the file pattern in the precious category, so I'm
> not sure what business it is of arch's that precious file
> symlinks are valid or not. I'd prefer that this check was only
> performed on files matching the source pattern, since you might
> care in that case. In either case, you ought to be able to turn
> off the check altogether, IMO.
I don't think turning the check off is necessarily the right way.
certainly it's irrelevant to nonsource and shouldn't happen there (or
failures should be ignored anyway).
Rob
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