Hi Junio, On Tue, 10 May 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > In Git for Windows' SDK, Git's source code is always checked out > > with symlinks disabled. The reason is that POSIX symlinks have no > > accurate equivalent on Windows [*1*]. More precisely, though, it is > > not just Git's source code but *all* source code that is checked > > out with symlinks disabled: core.symlinks is set to false in the > > system-wide gitconfig. > > > > Since the perf tests are run with the system-wide gitconfig *disabled*, > > we have to make sure that the Git repository is initialized correctly > > by configuring core.symlinks explicitly. > > Is MINGW the right prerequisite to use here, or is SIMLINKS more > appropriate? Oh, you're absolutely correct! It has nothing to do with MINGW itself, of course. Fixed in v2, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html