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

2013-08-20 Thread Michael Geddes
This type of functionality is directly supported by the work I've already done on symlinks here: https://github.com/frogonwheels/git (branches mrg/symlink-v* ) Even if we agree that symlinks only work to a limited degree, or that there are definite limitations, and that the default should

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

2013-08-11 Thread Erik Faye-Lund
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Sedat Kapanoglu wrote: > 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

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

2013-08-11 Thread Sedat Kapanoglu
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

2013-08-10 Thread Erik Faye-Lund
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 07:22:03PM +0300, 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-moun

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

2013-08-10 Thread Fredrik Gustafsson
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 07:22:03PM +0300, 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 (sometimes you're forced to have stupid > > setups). I

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

2013-08-10 Thread Sedat Kapanoglu
> 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

2013-08-10 Thread Sedat Kapanoglu
(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 (sometimes you're forced to

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

2013-08-10 Thread Fredrik Gustafsson
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 03:10:49PM +0300, Sedat Kapanoglu wrote: > 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 'je

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

2013-08-10 Thread Sedat Kapanoglu
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