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@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ Cygwin configuration files My Cygwin home (`~`) configuration files. -Prerequisites -------------- - -Some of the functionality relies on the availability of native symlinks. -Those are indeed available on NTFS, but require Administrator privileges for -creation. -It likely won't bother you as long as you don't use the functions from -".bashrc" that actually create symbolic links (you will likely see `ln` -complaining about some access being denied in case you do). - -Your `CYGWIN` environment variable (on Windows) **must** include either -`winsymlinks:native` or `winsymlinks:nativestrict`! - Deployment ---------- diff --git a/.appdata/appdata.sh b/.appdata/appdata.sh index 582af9a..ab48541 100644 --- a/.appdata/appdata.sh +++ b/.appdata/appdata.sh @@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ # For details, see https://github.com/egor-tensin/cygwin-home. # Distributed under the MIT License. +# This relies on the availability of native symlinks. +# Those are indeed available on NTFS, but require Administrator privileges for +# creation. +# It likely won't bother you as long as you don't use the functions defined in +# this file. +# In any case, you will see `ln` complaining about some access being denied in +# case something goes wrong. +# +# Remember that in order to force `ln` to use native NTFS symlinks, your +# `CYGWIN` Windows environment variable value **must** include either +# `winsymlinks:native` or `winsymlinks:nativestrict`! + ensure_symlinks_enabled() { case "${CYGWIN:-}" in *winsymlinks:native*) ;; |