Hi, On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > >> While you guys are discussing this, please please keep in mind that there are > >> Windows users (/me raises his hand) out there that really really want this > >> too. So, please try to keep it light on the symlinks. > > > > Easy: use cygwin. > > > > Okay, a bit more seriously again: in the recent weeks, it seems that more > > and more Windows users are asking for features. Since I guess you are a > > developer (why else would you want to use git), IMHO it is your itch to > > scratch. > > I do not know this is an appropriate itch to scratch for a > Windows developer to begin with. The new-workdir setting *is* > about symlinked .git/ metainfo space. If somebody wants to work > on a filesystem without symlink, he should not be using > new-workdir but something else. E.g. GIT_DIR + GIT_WORK_TREE, > or perhaps GIT_DIR + core.worktree comes to mind. ... which reminds me that I wanted to overhaul that patch series. Ciao, 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
