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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Teach "git branch" about --new-workdir
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> While you guys are discussing this, please please keep in mind that there are
>> Windows users (/me raises his hand) out there that really really want this
>> too. So, please try to keep it light on the symlinks.
>
> Easy: use cygwin.
>
> Okay, a bit more seriously again: in the recent weeks, it seems that more 
> and more Windows users are asking for features.  Since I guess you are a 
> developer (why else would you want to use git), IMHO it is your itch to 
> scratch.

I do not know this is an appropriate itch to scratch for a
Windows developer to begin with.  The new-workdir setting *is*
about symlinked .git/ metainfo space.  If somebody wants to work
on a filesystem without symlink, he should not be using
new-workdir but something else.  E.g. GIT_DIR + GIT_WORK_TREE,
or perhaps GIT_DIR + core.worktree comes to mind.