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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [MinGW port] Unable to repack on Clearcase dynamic views
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 19:44:59 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Wed, 30 May 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

> Wasn't because it's better to make .git a link to a repository somewhere 
> else? Just a guess.
> 
> ln -s /somewhere/repo/.git .git
> 
> Works fine for me (yes, in a clearcase dynamic view).

MinGW does not know symbolic links (at least not on the common 
filesystems).

Ciao,
Dscho