symlinks on Windows

[Georg]

Hi,

I am trying out Mercurial on Windows because some of my colleagues will use
it, and I noticed symlinks are turned into plain files containing the path
of the link target.

I understand that Windows only supports symlinks starting with Vista, so in
principle this behavior is "expected".

However, I am looking for a solution that makes life a little easier for my
Windows colleagues.  Would it be possible to create a plain copy of the file
in Windows instead of the file containing the link?  Maybe not by default,
but as an option that can be turned on if one prefers that behavior.

Maybe it could be done in an extension? I'd be grateful for hints.

I could also think of a separate script to be run after the hg update which
turns symlink files into full copies. How would I best get the list of
symlinks from Hg, as input for this kind of script?

--
Regards,
Georg.
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