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Projects don’t use symlinks because they aren’t supported on windows.

• pjmlp 4y ago
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...
  • Dylan16807 4y ago
    The command won't help when you don't have the permissions. Or do you just want it to be phrased "not supported for users on normally configured systems"? There, then.
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      Well, time to learn about /J flag.
      • Dylan16807 4y ago
        Even if we pretend that's a symlink, it only works for directories, not files.
        • pjmlp 4y ago
          We moved from Windows doesn't do it, it does but isn't available to non admins, it is but non admins can't do files,.... Yep.
          • Dylan16807 4y ago
            We started at "not supported", talking about making symlinks inside projects. We backed off to "not supported on normal systems", which is a reasonable change to me. You mentioning junctions is not even close to a solution, and I am not moving the goalposts. If junctions worked, the complaint wouldn't have been needed from the start. No, this is about actual symlinks, not a similar feature that can do 5% of what symlinks can do.
            • pjmlp 4y ago
              UNIX, no one complains about using sudo all the time. Windows, oh bummer you need special permissions to be able to call it. The feature is there and supported.
              • Dylan16807 4y ago
                People would absolutely complain if you needed sudo to check out a repo.
                • pjmlp 4y ago
                  curl | sudo sh is very fashionable nowadays