Karsten Blees
@kblees on GitHub. Posts as blees@dcon.de, karsten.blees@dcon.de, karsten.blees@gmail.com.
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2010
first message, Aug 25, 2010
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- mingw: add support for symlinks to directories
- mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)
- mingw: implement `readlink()`
- mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories
- mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`
- mingw: support renaming symlinks
- trim_last_path_component(): avoid hard-coding the directory separator
- mingw: add symlink-specific error codes
- mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false
- mingw: factor out the retry logic
- strbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-cases
- mingw: teach dirent about symlinks
- mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points
- mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function
- mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support
- mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`
- Re: [PATCH 00/18] Support symbolic links on Windows
- mingw: add support for symlinks to directories
- mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)
- mingw: implement `readlink()`
- mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories
- mingw: support renaming symlinks
- mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`
- mingw: add symlink-specific error codes
- mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false
- mingw: factor out the retry logic
- mingw: teach dirent about symlinks
- mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points
- mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function
- mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support