create_symref: if symlink fails, fall back to writing a "symbolic ref"
authorJohannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:40:31 +0000 (01:40 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:46:15 +0000 (23:46 -0700)
There are filesystems out there which do not understand symlinks, even if
the OS is perfectly capable of writing them. So, do not fail right away,
but try to write a symbolic ref first. If that fails, you can die().

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

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