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=-1.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,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 7FE0F1F55B for ; Sun, 31 May 2020 21:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728330AbgEaVVZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 May 2020 17:21:25 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:40273 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727000AbgEaVVY (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 May 2020 17:21:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1590960078; bh=bnB3yas0ZQL8imzw/S9awXBMg/a9OOPkTqhY7rbDvr0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=SZfuFHel5xsgydM0Esy1yRCvNtyVZjUTvYszE4MPw14cvaRq61qG5rZEWjTr/lPzA FE5Ky/YRCyPKAVvCwiV7BqChp6hOa6cL6vOo4Q5hndxIxxkdC/lZbvvuL5FfnUEBnc s2LILSd50USf5PV3fq0EnWBfNKUsFhEu+uTaTxpw= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [172.23.211.123] ([213.196.213.84]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MmlT2-1jEipU1zBG-00joaS; Sun, 31 May 2020 23:21:18 +0200 Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 10:03:55 +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: <20200530164932.GK1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> Message-ID: References: <20200526204539.6181-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> <20200529223200.GJ1915090@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> <20200530164932.GK1915090@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:shkxxUo5CuJ+YqktUpmJ2COpL+op4bMqG6BEPXTzValhcdKxIMr qDM6eXUomlYK4xFqjhmhXOjdPOrzCkEuis22efTY1R+BjB/tiPKjo/5MNN44/BproGlovlr SuuAEnBgxVPM9PRbNT4Ke1QnPZoCj+vRIHs36/V3hjVRbbMhhgDUIV25jGOkaMjfplnmHwz UFa+zYhvjcqh9jeIZT2Ww== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:IsGkThb3XR8=:uqy7moFAs7txfEOS3YPVsj for5lcQLxbXjEB1tsP369JLNKB9mcPagLu23K1dcU4GUBtvcaro5X3mbkAbuOcKHX4wyrGjCX Wui0FGYi96+Z6AnHb0aK6txCp6NOUV7PhtC4+bhiZdnZRqm1ooMNAPhi7GMH9XOcFAI3b/9Rs kQ4lxzSAHKGsxbqaXlbAB04/uTJJbz/czMYuNl1/X4E06FhWSWyKN7ABOzNUANmrqS6OLv7aS 8PxOSZw5YHG1T2HPPotgglv/1CabCo/NEq/RYrP3fEUcIovvw8jpmd82R7HJqLct0qjS6CdxD 3ajZK1BCrreNzhLdaNU6pNnBVo3l5pWaPJXedm80/rXJWkt77ZkNH+3Qlk93H71BiY6c9gBIq 82F6n+lUFkH4nLTpyFAuR+SlqO6CcgcBcPU84WQOtEleBwBXcVodfXkszC/TIYrIrPvSm1pBI 3Gtj3SqwG90Hg0TBEGcYKUcmhNb3n76vmBd/zYj0SmG+b0bEjRuBw3G+THyMXDOZxQUnlK+q9 eoL78DKZZ8VFo3avEzslBYtsn8KGn7ocrgrD8b2aCPacRdxN6OQTB6BZ5LvEhQSREKPOaxAtV 0NP0I1yoLc3zXe5/WeBrGAbciGJ+h+Q2biGS7vT2ouXvJZvtLkPovkQEVHPh6/U3o3gTrk2PY ccz2Ys3bczoLkaD57D+EGu6VsfllylUBteR3eHiA4uJgwxzBP9NGeBE3MPVZ+TxyH4fKPfKPz NeAPuvwFH9lFzI0fbNfjEHRwaJZIi6/aYMEE4izp7aVN9oEJJorLj+jbLEEpso3LyEgBIacXC jlvJnrd+sg0XyYEe/lulOxBp/lOfiL89OldUHOUT8UV2IJNpbmJUo0yFzkh8j7ztcPRuCpHlL ydHamsELNsGz+DdvqVZrjHCVJ254bA2x0Z2xKlN0ulVkUON4dCTKGw1EQzzqJtI/ieakgYMxi PnadLJTHMBYA48ih9Fy8i69mx7BGvxpI3Nv/vajj0Ay0YG6cCWoHE6q/SWr02/moGPQH2mv/F wPwYSurPhb9xuuVLJ+26gtmeL5+or3r/XP89gMFj4XgHxRoHQa7UaUHHNW45R3NlC4kxUnrH+ 0adda+5nuDlbAwVnLKRgoa1T4RbXzIRgVaWHolUL9RJzGmSfkNMmAbbX7Ct17n7oKfFqI6zwu ckUolPd7s907CgeLddy2hnNYA7mQfhhfcwgHVxSrhDmnx+VPRjPPzw0ZwuSuZw/eK92Awq2al BxUBpnPq78k6/9UkN 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 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 w= ould > > 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