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Wait so you CAN edit linux filesystem files with windows tools now? That was the main tripping point for me last time I tried out the WSL workflow. Mainly just
by nol13 10y ago
Wait so you CAN edit linux filesystem files with windows tools now?
That was the main tripping point for me last time I tried out the WSL workflow. Mainly just because a bunch of files in our repo were apparently named in an ntfs unfriendly manner, so when I tried to merge etc. the repo would get corrupted.
- WorldMaker 10y agoThe impression I get is that whether or not it works depends on the particular Windows tool. The guidance and the blog post not to do it seems to be the best general advice. My understanding is that the unspoken assumption between the lines is that you may be able to find Windows tools that are well-behaved and will not corrupt things, but don't expect to find that many because alternate streams and complicated metadata are not things most Windows tool developers have had need to understand/deal with/round-trip to date.
- bitcrazed 10y agoNO! Don't assume that just because the post hasn't been updated in a couple of months that it's somehow been magically "fixed" - it hasn't. In fact, its actually a really tricky problem to solve, and it'll take some time, a great deal of care, and some very well thought-out engineering before we arrive at a fix! If/when we do fix the underlying issues we'll update this post and publish a new post announcing that the coast is clear ... until then, DO NOT CREATE/MODIFY THE LINUX FILESYSTEM USING WINDOWS TOOLS. Thanks.