Git Symlinks in Windows

Question

Our developers use a mix of Windows and Unix based OS\'s. Therefore, symlinks created on Unix machines become a problem for Windows developers. In windows (msysgit), the sym

Answer 1

2020 Answer

1. Enable "Developer mode" in Windows 10 -- gives mklink permissions
2. Ensure symlinks are enabled in git
   • git config --global core.symlinks true
   • or check the checkbox when installing msysgit

Switching branches will force the recreation of missing symlinks.

Be careful, support for Symlinks on Windows with some other Git clients is not complete. Notably GitKraken.