Here's an updated version of the patch. Problem: 1. Saving a file opened via a symbolic link on Windows (Vista and 7) destroys the symbolic link and replaces it with a copy of the file. 2. There is also some odd attribute handling with symbolic links; they appear as readonly.
Repro:
1. Create a file foo.txt with some text.
2. Create a symbolic link 'link.txt' pointing at foo.txt (run as
administrator): mklink link.txt .\foo.txt
3. Open link.txt in vim and verify that it shows the contents of foo.txt.
Bug 1: Notice that the file is flagged as read-only, even though it
is not.
4. Make some changes and force-save the file with :w!
5. Exit vim and check the contents of the directory
Bug 2: The symbolic link has been removed and replaced with the
edited contents of the file.
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David Pope
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fix-win32-symlink-save-4.7.487.patch
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