Re: [PATCH] Disable USE_SYMLINK_HEAD by default

Pavel Roskin [off-list ref] writes:

In particular, StGIT still needs fixing.

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The only thing I can think of that might be inconvenient is if
you try doing "cp -a" off of a filesystem that supports symlinks
to another filesystem that does not -- probably that would fail
copying the symlinked .git/HEAD.  But if that is the problem,
you could always git-clone, which should do the right thing, I
think.

I'm talking from my experience now.  If there is an option, there are
users that have it enabled and those who have it disabled (by
definition).  As is often happens, one of the configurations is more
popular with developers.  The other configuration almost inevitably
starts suffering from the "bit rot".

That's a real concern, I should agree.