[IPython-dev] symlinks vs. hard links for topic-oriented notebook directories
Thomas Kluyver
takowl at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 12:54:39 EDT 2015
On 18 June 2015 at 09:44, Mark Voorhies <mark.voorhies at ucsf.edu> wrote:
> are there any pros/cons
> (with respect to git and/or IPython) to solving this problem by either
> symlinking or hard linking
> such notebooks to additional subdirectories?
>
git knows about symlinks and should be able to recreate them, but if you
want anyone to be able to clone your repository on Windows, it's best to
steer clear.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5917249/git-symlinks-in-windows
git does not know about hard links, so it will probably break them at some
point.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3729278/git-and-hard-links
Thomas
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