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.github/workflows/symlink-test.yml

@@ -41,21 +41,40 @@ jobs:
       # symlink via pwsh
       #   this creates a 'bang' file that contains 'duh'
       #   on local machine, it fails 'New-Item: Administrator privilege required for this operation.'
-      - name: Symlink Pwsh
-        shell: pwsh
+      #
+      # update: it creates *something* that is listed as a directory in the log,
+      #  and that GitHub represents as a link, so it has to be a link, but when
+      #  I check the thing out, it's a file
+      # because Windows won't create the link but on Linux, it's checked out as a link
+      #
+      #- name: Symlink Pwsh
+      #  shell: pwsh
+      #  run: |
+      #    if (! (test-path bang)) {
+      #      New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Name bang -Target duh
+      #      write-output "DIR:"
+      #      ls .
+      #      write-output "DIR:"
+      #      ls bang
+      #      git config --global user.email "stephan@REDACTED.com"
+      #      git config --global user.name "Stephan"
+      #      git config --global core.symlinks "true"
+      #      git add bang
+      #      git commit -m "created symlink"
+      #    }
+       
+      # see
+      # this just creates the symlink in Git - works on Windows
+      # BUT will be checked out as a file and we don't care
+      - name: Symlink Git
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          if (! (test-path bang)) {
-            New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Name bang -Target duh
-            write-output "DIR:"
-            ls .
-            write-output "DIR:"
-            ls bang
-            git config --global user.email "stephan@REDACTED.com"
-            git config --global user.name "Stephan"
-            git config --global core.symlinks "true"
-            git add bang
-            git commit -m "created symlink"
-          }
+          if [ -f "bang" ]; then rm -f bang; fi
+          git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000 "$(echo "duh" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" "bang"
+          git config --global user.email "stephan@REDACTED.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Stephan"
+          git add bang
+          git commit -m "created symlink"
 
       # push changes back
       - name: Push

bang

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-duh