[PATCH] fix symlinks on symlink-capable os but non-capable filesystem (issue1149)

[Matt Mackall]

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 23:12 +0300, Dov Feldstern wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Dov Feldstern <dfeldstern at fastimap.com>
> # Date 1216325552 -10800
> # Node ID 37ab6350ddb5da09fd7eff7dc53ef19d8b9edfea
> # Parent  2134d6c09432e4e3dbee18d93ec9242a332f7cdc
> fix symlinks on symlink-capable os but non-capable filesystem (issue1149)
> 
> Currently (since breaking in 14789f30ac11), cloning a repository with symlinks
> to a non-symlink-capable filesystem, using a symlinks-aware operating system
> (e.g., vfat on linux) breaks with the message:
> abort: Operation not permitted

I've got a similar fix for this queued up in my repo, but I'm in the
middle of trying to sort out some other issues. Thanks for keeping on
top of this.

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