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  • Dev Drives are probably the most commonly used ReFS drives, so much so that many users do not even realize it's ReFS

    @dscho dscho committed Jan 9, 2025
    88bf0c6

  • Clarify that ReFS supports symbolic links

    @dscho dscho committed Jan 9, 2025
    2e6ae67

  • Put a letter uncapitalised

    @JoseDeFreitas JoseDeFreitas committed Feb 4, 2022
    032d298

  • Warn less strongly against using symlinks

    @dscho dscho committed Feb 25, 2021
    47e94b9

  • Fix whitespace issues Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

    @dscho dscho committed Dec 19, 2020
    ca955c8

  • Add a section on directory junctions

    @drizzd drizzd committed Jul 25, 2019
    0f2f5c9

  • Inline the link to "symlinks without UAC elevation".

    @sschuberth sschuberth committed Jul 13, 2018
    e450ad8

  • Add a link on how to enable Developer Mode.

    @sschuberth sschuberth committed Jul 13, 2018
    10054d2

  • Minor correction of navigation paths in the management console.

    @sschuberth sschuberth committed Jul 13, 2018
    7f33624

  • Mklink is a built-in command, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link#Tools

    @rasa rasa committed Feb 24, 2018
    4b2a814

  • windows Creators Update actual version is 1703, not 1704 (YYMM)

    @AntonD-mobilmir AntonD-mobilmir committed Jun 27, 2017
    00d9f48

  • Updated Symbolic Links (markdown)

    @corford corford committed Jun 2, 2017
    e9c098f

  • Mention Developer Mode in Windows 10 CU removes UAC restriction

    @elieux elieux committed Apr 12, 2017
    1382e33

  • Reword the information about `Create symbolic links` privilege, split basics from tools and guides

    @elieux elieux committed Apr 12, 2017
    13e4bc1

  • "quite a couple" WTF? "Quite two" doesn't make much sense.

    @flimzy flimzy committed Jan 18, 2017
    85c1e2b

  • Add a section detailing how to permit user accounts other than administrators to create symbolic links

    @dscho dscho committed Oct 20, 2016
    cc263f0

  • Symbolic links (as opposed to directory junction points) *can* be relative, as pointed out by Neal Christiansen

    @dscho dscho committed May 12, 2016
    55fd433

  • mention that symlinks are absolute

    @dscho dscho committed May 11, 2016
    ffbab30

  • Provide a TL;DR for @ferventcoder

    @dscho dscho committed Nov 20, 2015
    3a12586

  • Explain that `ln -s` does *not* do what you think it does. And hint at the tool that does what you want.

    @dscho dscho committed Oct 8, 2015
    3ad2200

  • Updated Symbolic Links (markdown)

    @dra27 dra27 committed Aug 30, 2015
    5ae4a95

  • Corrected statement about remote symlinks; see https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/117#issuecomment-99161881

    @elieux elieux committed Aug 27, 2015
    75b6764

  • Updated Symbolic Links (markdown)

    @elieux elieux committed Aug 27, 2015
    2d84556

  • Noted defaul assignment and elevatation requirements for SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege; see https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/117#issuecomment-97262814

    @elieux elieux committed Aug 27, 2015
    f5a13bf

  • Start this long overdue page

    @dscho dscho committed Aug 26, 2015
    3cd37b4