Re: symbolic links in Git for Windows v2.27.0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 30, 2020, 08:03 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2005301002180.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20200530164932.GK1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

Hi brian,

On Sat, 30 May 2020, brian m. carlson wrote:

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> On 2020-05-29 at 13:40:03, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > To be quite honest, I had no idea that it was a pain point, as it did not
> > come up on the Git for Windows tracker.
> >
> > Do you have a list of pain points on Windows that you're aware of? I would
> > love to get my hands on it to triage, prioritize, and address those
> > issues.
>
> No, I don't, but I've seen this particular issue on Stack Overflow
> probably four or five times and answered it each time.  I didn't think
> to look at the Git for Windows issue tracker, since I just considered it
> a difference between how Windows and Linux report symbolic links, not
> something that could theoretically be fixed.  Obviously I was wrong.

Ah, that makes sense. To be honest, I did share your expectation that this is simply something that cannot be fixed. Imagine my delight at seeing myself being proven wrong ;-)

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> If I see more Windows-related problems show up on Stack Overflow that
> aren't on the issue tracker, I'll send folks your way to report them.  I
> want to assure you that I'm not intentionally depriving you of the
> information you need to fix problems; in this case, I just didn't think
> of it as a thing that could be fixed.

Oh, I guessed that it was that (or lack of time). Thank you for considering to suggest bug reports in the Git for Windows bug tracker.

Ciao, Dscho