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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 A7D9F1F55B for ; Fri, 29 May 2020 17:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727830AbgE2RjF (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 May 2020 13:39:05 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:60778 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725601AbgE2RjE (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 May 2020 13:39:04 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7267FBCAEB; Fri, 29 May 2020 13:23:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=JPRwUBc4KR4SoplkpHBlhPGZJz8=; b=owAHYq YA69NBK4gMf3vWg51nY6fr85zBvUJbGidM1k287DuDhLeebz80PhWKzp+l7W8ar2 BTxp/hJ6PttAgcqtvVtyCi89boo/exFdFXgZCIFVwvQpQAgyYMpyBYB9/pyK2Wu2 6SScn9iTrq41q6LejfY2HIaPSGYXSxyTUAurY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=WLuDccAfyPITP04GtI+3IXPAMnJun8Hk OxF4HtxPIVlKqZ4YGfX2ruUEEkXOr6almBKiIAvRe5WKZM1/mPNFIeWuUAhcl26W ixOeIOKQBRbMei549Zy1lsJK4UNPTQq0heRI6KaCkwAECMqeZeyBPxSnBHJVXRlC 1TIzglPzD5I= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69E2ABCAEA; Fri, 29 May 2020 13:23:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.196.173.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3B3ABCAE9; Fri, 29 May 2020 13:23:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: git-for-windows@googlegroups.com, git@vger.kernel.org, git-packagers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: symbolic links in Git for Windows v2.27.0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.27.0-rc2 References: <20200526204539.6181-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 10:23:44 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Thu, 28 May 2020 23:35:24 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 26A58E00-A1D1-11EA-9BF9-8D86F504CC47-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Schindelin writes: > 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 > ` (or `git add -u`) is called. So, this is not something "git update-index --refresh" would be able to fix? > > 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