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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkt8DjG40gowj_ETchFLDS_Z216tr7p1xw <Adam@web> | 2014-07-21 02:42:30 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-07-21 02:42:30 +0000 |
| commit | c446f7572761a3399ea3fcede583b7fdc5068514 (patch) | |
| tree | 1491dd1ff3b93a29e5f305870924986e02125147 /doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows.mdwn | |
| parent | c85ef88d119a86a8ec0a7350399f1933c444544c (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows.mdwn b/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..263035fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/utilising_the_mklink_command_on_windows_to_utilise_symlinks_and_therefore_indirect_mode_on_windows.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +It seems like it is possible to achieve this now on later versions of Windows (7 and above). + +The mklink tool creates a symlink that works on windows. + +There would be some work required so that a linux symlink and a windows symlink are considered the same, a user has recommend 'git update-index --assume-unchanged' for this. + +There is a good write up of someone using this approach on vanilla git here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5917249/git-symlinks-in-windows |