core.prefersymlinkrefs: use symlinks for .git/HEAD

[git.git] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8aed3af..3972d10 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ all:
 #
 # Define NO_SETENV if you don't have setenv in the C library.
 #
-# Define USE_SYMLINK_HEAD if you want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link.
-# Don't enable it on Windows.
+# Define NO_SYMLINK_HEAD if you never want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link.
+# Enable it on Windows.  By default, symrefs are still used.
 #
 # Define PPC_SHA1 environment variable when running make to make use of
 # a bundled SHA1 routine optimized for PowerPC.
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
        NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
        NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
        NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
+       NO_SYMLINK_HEAD = YesPlease
        NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
        # There are conflicting reports about this.
        # On some boxes NO_MMAP is needed, and not so elsewhere.
@@ -383,6 +384,9 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT
        ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT
 endif
+ifdef NO_SYMLINK_HEAD
+       ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_SYMLINK_HEAD
+endif
 ifdef NO_STRCASESTR
        COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRCASESTR
        COMPAT_OBJS += compat/strcasestr.o