[MERGE][Bug #5135] 'diff' will run on a symlink pointing to a branch

Aaron Bentley aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca
Wed Nov 14 19:06:25 GMT 2007


Aaron Bentley has voted abstain.
Status is now: Waiting
Comment:
This breaks the ability to diff symlinks.  Bazaar treats symlinks as 
first-class objects, only following symlinks that are parent 
directories.  I don't think this deviation from our normal practice is 
worthwhile.

For details, see: 
http://bundlebuggy.aaronbentley.com/request/%3C20071114184201.6a3acd2c%40lapbert%3E



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