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Subject: Re: git 0.99.7b doesn't build on Cygwin
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Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@hotpop.com> writes:

>> Hah, didn't know this one. Requiring LongHorn is pretty strict though ;)
>
> However, it might be possible to use .lnk files, which would work on
> both NTFS and FAT32, and even under Win9x.

Possibly, but it is a moot point now.

When textual "symbolic refs" support becomes mature, we will use
it on boxes without symbolic links to express .git/HEAD.