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

> This type of functionality is directly supported by the work I've already
> done
> on symlinks here:   https://github.com/frogonwheels/git
> (branches mrg/symlink-v*  )
>
> Even if we agree that symlinks only work to a limited degree, or that there
> are definite limitations, and that the default should be that symlinks NOT
> be
> supported within repositories, I'm not sure why people are against
> incorporating what I've already implemented.. ok well I guess I do - it's
> about time.
>
> Firstly, at the least it means that symlinks like this example where they
> are
> outside the repository are supported.  Secondly it means that people who
> are
> prepared to accept the limitations will be able to use (or at least clone)
> repositories containing symlinks.
>
> One of the big, painful limitations is that windoze symlinks need to be
> marked
> as directories at the time of creation.  The code I have implemented does
> it's
> level best to create the correct type of NTFS symlink based on repository
> information and falling back on filesystem information.
>
> The argument about permissions is only partially valid, since that can be
> granted as an individual permission to the user without permanent
> administrator rights.
>
> //.ichael G.
>
> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:34:59 PM Fredrik Gustafsson wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 07:22:03PM +0300, Sedat Kapanoglu wrote:
> > > > 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
> >
> > Good, then we can determinate that this is a symlink error, it seams
> > that readlink() isn't implemented in the msysgit version of msysgit.
> >
> > However msysgit should have a implementation of readlink() according to:
> > http://mingw.5.n7.nabble.com/Replacement-for-readlink-td30679.html
> >
> > I've CC:ed the msysgit-maillist so that they can decide if this is
> > something they want to address in newer releases.
> >
> > (In the git source code the readlink call in this abspath.c)
>
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