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That's exactly it. Windows developers know NTFS has Symbolic Links https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/creating-symbolic-links?redirectedfrom=

That's exactly it. Windows developers know NTFS has Symbolic Links https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/creating-symbolic-links?redirectedfrom=MSDN https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/creati...

bilekas 4y ago
Maybe I missed something on this discussion but symlinks and NTFS are not really related.. They have them yes, how they're handled is different.
- fragmede 4y ago
  How are they not related? If NTFS didn't have symlinks we wouldn't be having this discussion. Critically, the modern standard for removable drives, exFAT does not support symlinks, so you can't count on Windows' support for symlinks if the user is git cloning on a drive that's using exFAT.
  - pjmlp 4y ago
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...
    - forgotpwd16 4y ago
      Pointing to this page is meaningless. `mklink /d` only works on NTFS but errors out ("The device does not support symbolic links.") on exFAT. GP acknowledges NTFS has symlinks and remarks that exFAT doesn't.
      - pjmlp 4y ago
        NTFS is the only filesystem that matters for Windows developers.
CoastalCoder 4y ago
What's the standard for being an "actual Windows user"? Asking because I doubt e.g. my mom knows that NTFS has symlinks.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  Is she a Windows developer? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...
  - slimsag 4y ago
    The developers who complained to me about this are Windows developers regularly. One is even a professional AAA DirectX gamedev.
    - pjmlp 4y ago
      Apparently not professional enough to know a feature as old as Windows 2000.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  > What's the standard for being an "actual Windows user"? I think you misread that line.
  - slimsag 4y ago
    Their message originally read "Actual Windows developers know NTFS has Symbolic Links"
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      So it did say "developers" and not "users"? I think they misread the line. (Whether it was right or not, so you don't need to tell me anything about that.)

bilekas 4y ago

Maybe I missed something on this discussion but symlinks and NTFS are not really related.. They have them yes, how they're handled is different.

fragmede 4y ago
How are they not related? If NTFS didn't have symlinks we wouldn't be having this discussion. Critically, the modern standard for removable drives, exFAT does not support symlinks, so you can't count on Windows' support for symlinks if the user is git cloning on a drive that's using exFAT.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...
  - forgotpwd16 4y ago
    Pointing to this page is meaningless. `mklink /d` only works on NTFS but errors out ("The device does not support symbolic links.") on exFAT. GP acknowledges NTFS has symlinks and remarks that exFAT doesn't.
    - pjmlp 4y ago
      NTFS is the only filesystem that matters for Windows developers.

CoastalCoder 4y ago

What's the standard for being an "actual Windows user"? Asking because I doubt e.g. my mom knows that NTFS has symlinks.

pjmlp 4y ago
Is she a Windows developer? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...
- slimsag 4y ago
  The developers who complained to me about this are Windows developers regularly. One is even a professional AAA DirectX gamedev.
  - pjmlp 4y ago
    Apparently not professional enough to know a feature as old as Windows 2000.
Dylan16807 4y ago
> What's the standard for being an "actual Windows user"? I think you misread that line.
- slimsag 4y ago
  Their message originally read "Actual Windows developers know NTFS has Symbolic Links"
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    So it did say "developers" and not "users"? I think they misread the line. (Whether it was right or not, so you don't need to tell me anything about that.)