Re: Multiple checkouts active for the same repository

From: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date: Sep 24, 2010, 16:32 UTC
Message-ID: <4C9CD2B2.3030106@workspacewhiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <14b089955184bbb677b6434993682403@212.159.54.234>

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From: Julian Phillips
Date: 9/24/2010 9:33 AM

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> The git-new-workdir script to be found in contrib/workdir allows multiple
> working copies to share the same repository - though there are some
> caveats:
>
>   1) uses symbolic links, so doesn't work on Windows

Windows Vista and Windows 7 both support proper file and directory symbolic links. According to my experimentation the other day with git-new-workdir on Windows 7:

* Windows - mklink /D creates a directory symbolic link.  mklink creates 
a file symbolic link.  The file system traverses into the symbolic link 
and back out of it just like Unix.  rmdir /S deletes just the directory 
symbolic link.  Windows Explorer's delete does the same.
* Cygwin - 'ln -s' does not create a true directory symbolic link.  
Cygwin seems to understand the symbolic link, but Windows itself 
doesn't.  'rm -f' properly deletes a directory symbolic link.
* Bash included with msysGit - 'ln -s' performs a file/directory copy.  
'rm -f' whacks the directory contents of the linked directory and then 
deletes the symbolic link.  Ick.  :(

Josh