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| author | Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com> | 2026-03-19 14:44:14 -0400 |
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| committer | LUCI <gerrit-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com> | 2026-03-20 14:07:06 -0700 |
| commit | ade45de7707e25d8a11b3beedf754caa44aba34d (patch) | |
| tree | bb3a1eb88b2e5b27108d4b521933de7bc83944b2 | |
| parent | 0251fb33c485c3664df634517190b9c510ce7578 (diff) | |
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docs: windows: mention Developer Mode for symlinksv2.62
This is probably better than recommending Administrator access.
Change-Id: Ic916f15fe03f7fa1e03c685265b4774bfc1279c2
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/563581
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Mak <gavinmak@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/windows.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/windows.md b/docs/windows.md index 4282bebfd..575944503 100644 --- a/docs/windows.md +++ b/docs/windows.md @@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ Git worktrees (see the previous section for more info). Repo will use symlinks heavily internally. On *NIX platforms, this isn't an issue, but Windows makes it a bit difficult. -There are some documents out there for how to do this, but usually the easiest -answer is to run your shell as an Administrator and invoke repo/git in that. +The easiest method to allow users to create symlinks is by enabling +[Windows Developer Mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-settings/developer-mode). + +The next easiest answer is to run your shell as an Administrator and invoke +repo/git in that. This isn't a great solution, but Windows doesn't make this easy, so here we are. |