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From: =?gb2312?B?srfTwruq?= <robert_bu AT realsil DOT com DOT cn>
To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: x86_64 Cygwin 1.7.29: possible bug to trace symlink (Win7)
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:07:29 +0000
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Hi,

It seems that cygwin cannot follow the Windows native symlink correctly.
set CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict

Steps to re-produce:
1. echo test > test.txt
2. mkdir dest
3. cd dest
4. ln -s ../test.txt test.txt
5. cd ..
6. mkdir src
7. cd src
8. ln -s ../dest dest
9. cd ..
10. cat src/dest/test.txt
  cat cannot find the file of "test.txt".

The directory structure:
.
©À©¤test.txt
©À©¤dest/
    ©¸©¤test
©¸©¤src/
    ©¸©¤dest/

If I set CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk, all works fine for the above steps.
This is a simplified case of a problem when using repo/git.

-- 

Best regards.
Robert