From 263ee1d067c8ef7361ecdb096ee227011f8d25dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: josh Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 20:02:48 +0000 Subject: Add explanation of how git on Windows handles symlinks. --- doc/design/assistant/windows.mdwn | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/windows.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/windows.mdwn index 0b176934b..89c3082a8 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/windows.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/windows.mdwn @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Stackoverflow has some details. Make git use them, as it (apparently) does not yet. -(What **does** git do on Windows when it clones a repo with symlinks?) +Currently, on Windows, git checks out symlinks as files containing the symlink +target as their contents. ## POSIX -- cgit v1.2.3