How usable is Bazaar on Windows?

[Jan Claeys]

Op woensdag 30-05-2007 om 11:20 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef John
Arbash Meinel:
> 
> The #1 reason we don't support NTFS symlinks is because they aren't a
> very good idea. I read up on them, and they:
> 
>   a) Only work on directories, so it still wouldn't solve most use
> cases 

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link> says:

        An NTFS symbolic link (symlink) is a file-system object in the
        NTFS filesystem starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server
        2008 that points to another file system object. The object being
        pointed to is called the target. Symbolic links should be
        transparent to users; the links appear as normal files or
        directories, and can be acted upon by the user or application in
        exactly the same manner. Symbolic links are designed to aid in
        migration and application compatibility with POSIX operating
        systems.
        
        Unlike an NTFS junction point, a symbolic link can also point to
        a file or remote SMB network path. Additionally, the NTFS
        symbolic link implementation provide full support for
        cross-filesystem links. The NTFS symbolic link functionality
        enabling cross-host symbolic links requires that the remote
        system also support symbolic links, which effectively limits
        cross-host links to be between Windows Vista or Windows Server
        2008 hosts.


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Jan Claeys