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I am trying to create soft link of folders on windows. I have cygwin env set in the path so I am able to use ln -s. I am able to create a link but a file is being created rather folder.

I can ls to the file ( which should be folder), and it has all the files but can't cd . Please refer below image. Please letme what I am missing here.

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lovefortech
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  • Can you try from a bash prompt instead of Windows command? In Git-bash, `ln -s /c/some/directory` gave me a soft link that worked properly with `cd` and `ls`, and it showed up correctly on in the folder when viewing from Explorer. – sfuqua Mar 17 '23 at 20:44
  • Welcome to StackOverflow! On a Windows filesystem, better use Windows tools like [Junction](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/junction). – ixe013 Mar 17 '23 at 20:51
  • I have to create this soft via gitlab runner where I am using cmd as executor. So gitshell won't work here. However, I tried creating using gitshell, it copied the whole folder rather creating soft link. – lovefortech Mar 17 '23 at 21:07

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