Re: git clone doesn't work in symlink dir roots on Windows

Thanks folks. So that this won't be fixed, I added a new Q&A to MsysGit FAQ at https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions , I appreciate if you can review and correct if needed. I hope it will help avoiding further conversations about this matter. Sedat -- To unsubscribe f

Re: git clone doesn't work in symlink dir roots on Windows

> git is a disk intense program, so this setup is not sane at all. With > that said I know that git on windows historically had problems with > working on smb-mounted shares (sometimes you're forced to have stupid > setups). I doubt that git really is the right tool for your work, since I reproduc

Re: git clone doesn't work in symlink dir roots on Windows

(my symdir was called 'gitto', fyi) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Sedat Kapanoglu wrote: >> git is a disk intense program, so this setup is not sane at all. With >> that said I know that git on windows historically had problems with >> working on smb-mounted shares

git clone doesn't work in symlink dir roots on Windows

Hi, I verified this behavior on Git 1.7.8 and 1.8.3. My D:\src folder is a symlink to another folder in my Google Drive, created by Windows command mklink /d d:\src "d:\Google Drive\src" D:\src>git clone https://github.com/jlewallen/jenkins-hipchat-plugin.git Cloning into 'jenkins-hipchat-plugin