söndag 02 september 2007 skrev Johannes Schindelin: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote: > > > s?ndag 02 september 2007 skrev Marius Storm-Olsen: > > > (Also, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks, it's fine that stat just uses lstat) > > > > It does now: See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363866.aspx > > Oh? *goes and tries to create one on a USB stick* No. Besides, IIRC you Set core.symlinks = false for working on a broken file system > cannot even create symlinks to another partition. Copying a symlink will That is not the normal use for symlinks. It is a case where it breaks, but symbolic links in a git repo that points outside the repo is probably not a good idea, especially if it is a cross platform project. It is far less broken than today anyway. > copy the _linked_ file. So to call this "symlink" is a little... uhm... > preposterous. $ ln -s Makefile x $ cp x y $ ls -ld x y lrwxrwxrwx 1 me me 8 sep 2 23:36 x -> Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 32164 sep 2 23:36 y Same behaviour as on linux. > Plus, on a page linked from the link you posted, it says that it is > only supported from Vista onwards. So you must be kidding me. core.symlinks = false if ithey aren't supported. You actually need admin privileges too, but I don't know any windows developer who hasn't got that. -- robin - 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
