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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-05-11 15:27:23 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-05-11 15:27:23 +0900 |
| commit | 416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373 (patch) | |
| tree | acdd7a65a7c6e162e1705ae3ceb0a8ed905c46e2 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jk/pack-objects-negative-options-fix' (diff) | |
| parent | docs: document symlink restrictions for dot-files (diff) | |
| download | tgif-416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jk/symlinked-dotgitx-cleanup'
Various test and documentation updates about .gitsomething paths
that are symlinks.
* jk/symlinked-dotgitx-cleanup:
docs: document symlink restrictions for dot-files
fsck: warn about symlinked dotfiles we'll open with O_NOFOLLOW
t0060: test ntfs/hfs-obscured dotfiles
t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured names
t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules
t7415: rename to expand scope
fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines
fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable
t7415: remove out-dated comment about translation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitmailmap.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 8 |
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index cfcfa800c2..83fd4e19a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -1247,6 +1247,12 @@ to: [attr]binary -diff -merge -text ------------ +NOTES +----- + +Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitattributes` +file in the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file +is accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 5751603b13..53e7d5c914 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ not tracked by Git remain untracked. To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use 'git rm --cached'. +Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in +the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is +accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem. + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt b/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt index 3fb39f801f..06f4af93fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ this would also match the 'Commit Name <commit@email.xx>' above: Proper Name <proper@email.xx> CoMmIt NaMe <CoMmIt@EmAiL.xX> -- +NOTES +----- + +Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.mailmap` file in +the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is +accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem. + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 8e333dde1b..dcee09b500 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ submodule.<name>.shallow:: shallow clone (with a history depth of 1) unless the user explicitly asks for a non-shallow clone. +NOTES +----- + +Git does not allow the `.gitmodules` file within a working tree to be a +symbolic link, and will refuse to check out such a tree entry. This +keeps behavior consistent when the file is accessed from the index or a +tree versus from the filesystem, and helps Git reliably enforce security +checks of the file contents. EXAMPLES -------- |