[Nix-dev] Revision 17458: symlink duplicate git executables

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Peter Simons wrote:

> I am slightly confused about your patch. What exactly does it accomplish that
> "nix-store --optimise" does not?

By default, Git installs a bunch of aliases in $out/bin and
$out/libexec/git-core using hard links, but the fixupPhase destroys that by
stripping each file, causing them to be duplicated.

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