Re: git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file

Hi,

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Bradford Smith wrote:

If I were to fix this, I'd be tempted to use realpath(3) to follow the 
symlink, but I don't think it's very reliably available cross-platform.  
Certainly, it isn't used anywhere in the current git code.  Can anyone 
suggest a more portable fix?

I'd use readlink(2) and test for EINVAL to fall back to the current 
behaviour.

Hth,
Dscho