Re: Symlinks on Windows

[Nick Payne]

On 28/01/2015 22:09, Urs Liska wrote:
> If I create a Git repository on Linux (or Mac) and use symlinks in it 
> (if it matters: they point to other places within the repo), how would 
> they turn out for a user who clones that repostory on Windows?
>
> Say I have the following
>
> /
> - entry
>   - qualifying
>     - name
>       - include-file.ily
> - main-file.ly
> - include-file.ily (=> symlink to entry/qualifying/name/include-file.ily
>
> Then I'm used to simply use
> \include "include-file.ily
> within main-file.ly
>
> Will the Windows user be able to do this also?

Each symlink will become a copy of the file it points to. So the 
includes will still work, but if (on Windows) you then make a change to 
what you think is the actual ily file, the changes will not be reflected 
in any of the copies.

Nick