Karsten Blees

@kblees on GitHub. Posts as blees@dcon.de, karsten.blees@dcon.de, karsten.blees@gmail.com.

425

messages

235

patches posted

70%

of 33 series merged

threads started

2010

first message, Aug 25, 2010

Jan 9, 2026

since the latest message

Messages per year

The last 24 months

Patch series

Of 33 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 23 landed on master and 10 did not.

mergedmingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`v2, Jan 9, 2026, 3b96b99683
mergedstrbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-casesv2, Jan 9, 2026, 0fcbb57f97
mergedmingw: initialize HOME on startupJul 4, 2019, e12a955660
mergedgettext: always use UTF-8 on native Windowsv2, Jul 3, 2019, 090d1e8477
mergedmingw: replace MSVCRT's fstat() with a Win32-based implementationOct 23, 2018, d75e697353
not mergedread-cache: fix file time comparisons with different precisionsSep 28, 2015
mergedMakefile / racy-git.txt: clarify USE_NSEC prerequisitesv2, Jul 1, 2015, b1ffafa978
mergedDocumentation/i18n.txt: clarify character encoding supportv2, Jul 1, 2015, 3a59e5954e
mergedconfig.c: fix writing config files on Windows network sharesJun 30, 2015, 7a64592cf8
not mergedgit-gui: make gc warning threshold match 'git gc --auto'Jun 13, 2015
not mergedWin32: nanosecond-precision file timesFeb 11, 2015
not mergedWindows tests: let $TRASH_DIRECTORY point to native Windows pathJul 29, 2014

A series is merged when one of its patches matches a commit on master by the same author, by subject. Versions are linked when they share a patch subject. Patches reworded before landing, or applied under someone else's name, count as not merged.

Recent emails

Jan 9, 2026mingw: add support for symlinks to directories
Jan 9, 2026mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)
Jan 9, 2026mingw: implement `readlink()`
Jan 9, 2026mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories
Jan 9, 2026mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`
Jan 9, 2026mingw: support renaming symlinks
Jan 9, 2026trim_last_path_component(): avoid hard-coding the directory separator
Jan 9, 2026mingw: add symlink-specific error codes
Jan 9, 2026mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false
Jan 9, 2026mingw: factor out the retry logic
Jan 9, 2026strbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-cases
Jan 9, 2026mingw: teach dirent about symlinks
Jan 9, 2026mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points
Jan 9, 2026mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function
Jan 9, 2026mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support
Jan 9, 2026mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`
Dec 18, 2025Re: [PATCH 00/18] Support symbolic links on Windows
Dec 17, 2025mingw: add support for symlinks to directories
Dec 17, 2025mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)
Dec 17, 2025mingw: implement `readlink()`
Dec 17, 2025mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories
Dec 17, 2025mingw: support renaming symlinks
Dec 17, 2025mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`
Dec 17, 2025mingw: add symlink-specific error codes
Dec 17, 2025mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false
Dec 17, 2025mingw: factor out the retry logic
Dec 17, 2025mingw: teach dirent about symlinks
Dec 17, 2025mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points
Dec 17, 2025mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function
Dec 17, 2025mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support