X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:subject:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=AyGc1ey1uXNYOuWGWfDVLVCNXgnC/7MZW/iEYofa2jp QKIgWu3TEsRfQZaSlnHLhXg897XOqW2jxaeSvwqsh93R1rCfp2Y+jvg/czLTJ8Wj hCuOUqjV4gWZC2KPKRe8l9Gjx+QoTUnhrM9F1mkldlqBWiSpJBpO1EqlMT82T1a8 = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:subject:content-type; s=default; bh=LxQhPQeGaTxRFtlfXbwxZLFPeho=; b=pLdCe2t4Tjr9kdxmq 1G3+CqLkgaPlLIpRj2qVU+rbLg7DBpr/B72aLRDD9amJ8Z/MEQzdyG9pDTbwCz4z YmD4M3s8RiSb7NLF0eTcD+Yz6e1uL28Uh/lVLhuZ0bmM5uIJmy3jkshWh33z3/ZC 0dJgEKA59DcB8BC+kKmcQfPOgs= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=lnk, Hx-languages-length:639, H*c:utf8, H*MI:google X-HELO: mail-ot0-f182.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:subject:user-agent; bh=yrifmKleItMjVpEz+g2dWCrJXuZB13ZSjVkLQ3lTowc=; b=BIHPBN2aTkBvZBoY0Zu8OHu98LGgtE96nENYpRqLpflGUbs9RmwX/8GGDIr6OYKSnJ rNAc6UCFmqg9XOZbsElkkApMCxJMRt0VZ9Nc7GqMEny9sJanAqa8pc42OS4dRa7KxGxr O24mhI7BV54N5vN++mTgixRhO02kJwXtPu6lfezV0y1MMxyy7fACxhPMyCIRqLXyeHJC VyDsWb1iulvy3so0cAXaNHJPohLUhD+78Di/QbmRVZDrNaSwu5h+oRLeHB5ExgCulhwi r6l1J2LkBJlsQspRf4fEmHz5kSywbPdtXnPd5TSwjQn70qwYi4s4NxvGiOW2l+alR4Cn 1MNw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39lwkBsQpeB9tnOGxUg5YhHbBWBfMHfv7itnJScdGqkD9MeToA2C5LvBy+4i+jTAAg== X-Received: by 10.157.68.140 with SMTP id v12mr5185561ote.237.1489028420975; Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:00:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <58c0c544.d8599d0a.445e5.5dbe@mx.google.com> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:00:20 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Cygwin Git cannot create Windows native symlinks Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) Cygwin can easily create Windows native symlinks: touch alfa.txt CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native ln -s alfa.txt bravo.txt However Cygwin Git seems to have no way to create Windows native symlinks: CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq creates README as a Shortcut (.lnk) file. CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq creates README as a Cygwin symlink, not a Windows native symlink. CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq just creates a plain text file, not even a symlink: $ cat jq/README README.md -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple