symbolic links in Git for Windows v2.27.0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

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 Git
v2.27.0 is released early enough). It has a (last-minute) bug fix where
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 between
Git for Windows and WSL Git.

Unfortunately, that means that every existing checkout that contains
symbolic links tracked by Git will report them as changed until `git add
<path-to-symlink>` (or `git add -u`) is called.

In cases where users use both Git Bash and another version of Git, this
might cause the problem where one of them will always report the symbolic
links as modified in `git status`, but not in `git diff`.

Sorry about the late heads-up, I only just realized that this might pose a
problem. Granted, symbolic links are not all _that_ common on Windows.

Ciao,
Johannes