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Windows missing symlink support - gracefully degrade to hardlink or copy #2659

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jsirois opened this issue Feb 4, 2025 · 0 comments
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Windows missing symlink support - gracefully degrade to hardlink or copy #2659

jsirois opened this issue Feb 4, 2025 · 0 comments
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jsirois commented Feb 4, 2025 •
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Although pex.fs has code to enable symlink support back through Python 3.7 on Windows, creating symlinks still requires special permissions granted by an admin (or the more broad "developer mode" switch to be flipped).
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