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Re: git clone doesn't work in symlink dir roots on Windows

From
Sedat Kapanoglu <sedat@eksiteknoloji.com>
Date
Aug 10, 2013, 16:22 UTC
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(my symdir was called 'gitto', fyi)

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Sedat Kapanoglu <sedat@eksiteknoloji.com> wrote:

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>> git is a disk intense program, so this setup is not sane at all. With
>> that said I know that git on windows historically had problems with
>> working on smb-mounted shares (sometimes you're forced to have stupid
>> setups). I doubt that git really is the right tool for your work, since
>
> I reproduced the same problem in a regular symlink directory. Repro steps:
>
> mkdir actualdir
> mklink /d symdir actualdir
> cd symdir
> git init .
>
> fatal: Invalid symlink 'D:/gitto': Function not implemented
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sedat
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  1. Sedat KapanogluAug 10, 2013
  2. Fredrik GustafssonAug 10, 2013
  3. Sedat KapanogluAug 10, 2013
  4. Sedat KapanogluAug 10, 2013
  5. Fredrik GustafssonAug 10, 2013
  6. Erik Faye-LundAug 11, 2013
  7. Sedat KapanogluAug 11, 2013
  8. Erik Faye-LundAug 11, 2013
  9. Michael GeddesAug 20, 2013
  10. MNGoldenEagleAug 23, 2013
  11. MichaelAug 28, 2013
  12. MNGoldenEagleSep 8, 2013

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