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

I would suggest you don't use symlinks within the repo'. Store the actual content inside the repo' and then place symlinks out side the repo' that point to the content.

So lets say you are using a repo' to compare hosting your site on *nix with hosting on win. Store the content in your repo', lets say /httpRepoContent and c:\httpRepoContent with this being the folder that is synced via GIT, SVN etc.

Then, replace the content folder of you web server (/var/www and c:\program files\web server\www {names don't really matter, edit if you must}) with a symbolic link to the content in your repo'. The web servers will see the content as actually in the 'right' place, but you get to use your source control.

However, if you need to use symlinks with in the repo', you will need to look into something like some sort of pre/post commit scripts. I know you can use them to do things, such as parse code files through a formatter for example, so it should be possible to convert the symlinks between platforms.

if any one knows a good place to learn how to do these scripts for the common source controls, SVN GIT MG, then please do add a comment.