From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MALFORMED_FREEMAIL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F256F1F55B for ; Sat, 30 May 2020 11:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728494AbgE3LlI (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2020 07:41:08 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:36143 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727947AbgE3LlH (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2020 07:41:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1590838857; bh=0eXlTjACwY/m7XRePH0HF1o18HX/LkTAneCLZvuNsVY=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=U6HmRENJ5oFHfjPcV1j06JWPp0D2ulmWESrcjaZQy3oyvp53LlTIqylKcU3flNDV1 EKigOCugjPfCVB7xyrkyt5KnHHom/wmx+WnZu3MrUsFAnOBbMG9PhGxQvULJay0Fes WrcPxSa6bK9VbvEhIdknt470ih9ICakntiOvAlgg= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [172.23.211.123] ([89.1.215.219]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MqJm5-1jA7222e4h-00nRZs; Sat, 30 May 2020 13:40:57 +0200 Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:40:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@gitforwindows.org To: "brian m. carlson" cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: symbolic links in Git for Windows v2.27.0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2 In-Reply-To: <20200529223200.GJ1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> Message-ID: References: <20200526204539.6181-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> <20200529223200.GJ1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:nw5vcfd7oX1So24+dxWLibj0FOVZElIQ0a+ScmyZ6oYpsVEvYDd ASQcvJNCkZhQGGBKXIAs9JSUOpB1eqaECFxAHkxsytYW3KqMwGDVdeLrJUJU4+ReBa3sJci cQowIR6dKlBXL5dOVOQO+UaDJL3IG+gJHye/W5V460b+7C1rtYMlTN25TN4ag0K7bE8Yr4R KMgzHjMbZfB1sFBzh+Tfg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:ecD7RWZ2nQk=:V7JMBfLHM3s+qz5x/bC1wE fzdMWZ1DF4+7YWGARZ7O9eqToiG17li/eLRRT/Kp28d7EkvBOua3COM8qK8Tytc4xrxft7kwe iE/oUsB9yuFpGy3TEVsj9qc1MuQWP9zewok1or3xSaM0yfV/jM1S2Rq9X2dz5Rbkt5IQsPqla vKqrrBiiqFA54k5O1JIBsawzZaf4tk2Pxs8YbwZklru84tiVHnuee/YTHPrKSWpSfvDkrlpAm nyjBD5eUBpN8JtSZvNHtVVU2bIuyPJiUIVFAYvfygu4RxaGeaBW5uN8Jx/+fFzoa3JzTCNQxc 7MVYcMGWI/NWOvgfULkX852f9ssNCiiHtU6bxHXeDX92iR7D8lrIXFrLpepZ8UWIQ5f/wk/Sr ns1gduckDbmLQndR7MByjuVlqNQPgP6bTYgfrJ5XQMGYlY5+9bij4lIMpCuCWufbY771ye1wq Dx269jbedj2KUHBkLwa7UwF64BIbmjGHjcYDTDHwW4giomZutN8uynj+Db66RrGjsEtgc/pqr pOOfQQpgeYjX40W0lFyTZO1JpQYuW4bcO0AWGhP3as5F134ch0DIUb0GDvoIxcz8aaqT4WYLX HTxHnhQ5REcYdvFJIl5lqhbd+Jr1exl/2DSn7gpA7sHlqic0ei7eUsJ/cUbjLX/5H5Aia6kBT Owiu4ygQeNclz+27FANlRKIf0pubx8ZVCG3Es4hYCSaSz1UiGQ4p0jOb2Dl/58gmJSyvEtp8S CI8XaWMlPy/N9TfE4PWIY99seDtHhwfid9XjK8wftNGWmsjUaaczTZ1qgkya4zSdd2MdvxZRK GSFIVmuI9+DiXae1hN772jhxMfFu5Rzx9oXz3RUBy2aF9AwO1S8hjwAqNTgnJtEinnvjv81Ld hgksVdhq1qCncVMsorId8kH+zfkdS4e/0MZImSYw/f2cdZ6AK0xAXH/wTnYZv2kMLPr+9hP89 bw6ijH1Kj59Rdsbzt4NELswQ5Cr2iDu9le9uJ7ZkNnwENn5FMLcLUBD5YedsurKQekqS+mlzK S3ceuZLQI6egoKHuTabW+pmxrzgyUBqH087aujST9vMWKMIycF9jI9Ln42ocGvUemMBk6NNYw VtMDZ/8Ge6Ubx94NzJB3pgabEijpMZt3Q2WS60KeLg2uziF8Fsx61Z7ocaiqeCL6g3zgLaqpG x16lTrhCgk9ZFQTqjxVu5qt3ImenYuGK4MlRt8iK9h+L0aYtnSt+lr+g0ysGUoXdCiXOWHENx EQrX1Izxp4vt3orHG Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi brian, On Fri, 29 May 2020, brian m. carlson wrote: > On 2020-05-28 at 21:35:24, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > Dear Git users, > > > > On Tue, 26 May 2020, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > > I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2 is available from: > > > > > > https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.27.0-rc2.= windows.1 > > > > Git for Windows v2.27.0 will be out on Tuesday (or even on Monday if G= it > > v2.27.0 is released early enough). It has a (last-minute) bug fix wher= e > > the length of symbolic links that is recorded in the Git index is the > > _actual_ length of the link target, so that `git status` agrees betwee= n > > Git for Windows and WSL Git. > > Thank you for this. While I don't usually use Windows, this has been a > pain point for a lot of Windows users, and fixing it will significantly > improve the user experience. 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. Thanks, Dscho