hi Chris, On Fri, 16 May 2025, Conti, Chris wrote: > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) > I have an alias that enables core.symlinks from the command line: > > relevant lines from my system gitconfig: > core.symlinks=false Is this also the value `git config get --show-origin core.symlinks` reports? > > relevant lines from my user .gitconfig: > difftool.bc4diredit.cmd="c:/Program Files/Beyond Compare 4/BCompare.exe" -lro -expandall -solo "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" > alias.diffdirsym=-c core.symlinks=true difftool --dir-diff --tool=bc4diredit --no-prompt > > execution (in a repo with a changed file) > git diffdirsym > > execution environment > elevated powershell 5.1 shell > > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) > > for the command to work > > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > > received a "Function not implemented" error: > error: could not symlink '<redacted physical path to changed file>' to 'C:\Users\contc\AppData\Local\Temp/git-difftool.a49272/right/<redacted relative path to copy of changed file>': Function not implemented This looks very similar to the report in https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5517 (which I am constantly running out of time to help with, maybe you can?). The culprit identified in this ticket is 8241ae63d821 (difftool: eliminate use of global variables, 2025-02-05) which seems to have flipped the default of `--symlinks` inadvertently (as far as Windows is concerned, that is). Ciao, Johannes > > What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? > > Anything else you want to add: > > verified the alias works in 2.48.1.windows.1 > > Please review the rest of the bug report below. > You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. > > > [System Info] > git version: > git version 2.49.0.windows.1 > cpu: x86_64 > built from commit: cca1f38702730b35f52c29efd62864b85e85ddcc > sizeof-long: 4 > sizeof-size_t: 8 > shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh > feature: fsmonitor--daemon > libcurl: 8.12.1 > OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.2.4 11 Feb 2025 > zlib: 1.3.1 > uname: Windows 10.0 19045 > compiler info: gnuc: 14.2 > libc info: no libc information available > $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): <unset> > > > [Enabled Hooks] > > Chris Conti > Email: chris.conti@xxxxxxxx | pega.com > > >
