Git Symlinks in Windows

Question

Our developers use a mix of Windows and Unix based OS\'s. Therefore, symlinks created on Unix machines become a problem for Windows developers. In windows (msysgit), the sym

Answer 1

The most recent version of git scm (testet 2.11.1) allows to enable symbolic links. But you have to clone the repository with the symlinks again git clone -c core.symlinks=true . You need to run this command with administrator rights. It is also possible to create symlinks on Windows with mklink. Check out the wiki.