From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 08:03:55 GMT Subject: Re: symbolic links in Git for Windows v2.27.0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20200530164932.GK1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> Hi brian, On Sat, 30 May 2020, brian m. carlson wrote: > 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 ;-) > 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