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Git init with symlinks


I am suffering the same issue running Jenkins (which uses Git) inside a Docker container. This used to work for me but it stopped after some Git update so I compared few version and I noticed that last version that worked inside a container was 2.11.1.

Here is the proof - C:\temp is mounted from docker host:

06/06/2017  04:44 PM    <SYMLINKD>     temp [\\?\ContainerMappedDirectories\3090B08B-4EA2-49CB-8C30-227E982EC311]

Attempt with 2.11.1:

PS C:\Program Files\git\bin> .\git.exe --versiongit version 2.11.1.windows.1PS C:\Program Files\git\bin> .\git.exe init C:\temp\git11.1\Initialized empty Git repository in C:/temp/git11.1/.git/

Attempt with 2.12.1:

PS C:\Program Files\Git\bin> .\git.exe --versiongit version 2.12.1.windows.1PS C:\Program Files\Git\bin> .\git.exe init C:\temp\git12.1\fatal: Invalid path '/ContainerMappedDirectories': No such file or directory

Same with MinGit:

PS C:\> .\Min\MinGit-2.13.0-64-bit\cmd\git.exe init C:\temp\MinGitRepo\fatal: Invalid path '/ContainerMappedDirectories': No such file or directoryPS C:\> .\Min\MinGit-2.11.1-64-bit\cmd\git.exe init C:\temp\MinGitRepo\Initialized empty Git repository in C:/temp/MinGitRepo/.git/

Hard to say what changed, I'll take a deep dive into Git changelog, as for now using 2.11.1 seems like a decent workaround for me. Let me know if it worked for you.