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Windows: circular symlinks protection lost #11179

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bpasero opened this issue Aug 30, 2016 · 2 comments
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Windows: circular symlinks protection lost #11179

bpasero opened this issue Aug 30, 2016 · 2 comments
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bpasero commented Aug 30, 2016

Testing #11035

  • setup symbols links in a way that you introduce cycles
  • use quick open

=> you notice that the circular symlinks are followed until possibly you reach max file path limit on Windows (255)
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bpasero commented Aug 30, 2016

Related: http://superuser.com/questions/528487/list-all-files-and-dirs-without-recursion-with-junctions

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Tracking with #11182.

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