Links are an awkward beast, along with path mangling (as you mention)... Do have a look at the FAQs https://git-for-windows.github.io/ (link [1] at the top right), and the release notes (in the programme files Git directory)
There are a few issue reports such as https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/885 but it is a bit of a mine field Philip -- Posted from my XP netbook ! Yay !! [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/FAQ (list of pages (alpha order) & more [2], on right hand side) [2] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links ----- Original Message ----- From: Karl Krasnowsky To: Git for human beings Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 11:29 PM Subject: [git-users] using ln from git bash on windows. Hello. Trying to use the git bash shell to run some sh scripts and hit a snag. While ln appears to be supported, it doesn't seem to function properly. For example this: $ ls backend/ web/ $ ln -s web/src/main ./backend/src/main/webapp/foo ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./backend/src/main/webapp/foo’: No such file or directory I've verified that web/src/main and./backend/src/main/webapp/ exists but I'm getting this error. On the other hand, if I simply do this: $ ln -s web/src/main ./foo it works fine it would seem to have something to do with the sub-directory references with forward slashes (won't work with backslashes either). any ideas? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
