[jira] [Created] (GOBBLIN-1021) Symbolic links in Gobblin Git repo do not work on Windows by default

["Alex Prokofiev (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alex Prokofiev created GOBBLIN-1021:
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             Summary: Symbolic links in Gobblin Git repo do not work on Windows by default
                 Key: GOBBLIN-1021
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GOBBLIN-1021
             Project: Apache Gobblin
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 0.15.0
            Reporter: Alex Prokofiev


Gobblin repo has symbolic links in it, which is somewhat unusual. 

In Git for Windows, by default, those links will be replaced by text files that contain paths to the real files. After that, the Gobblin build will fail with obscure error like this:
{noformat}
 unexpected token: .. @ line 1, column 1. ../../xxx.gradle
{noformat}

It's possible to create symbolic links in Windows as well, but that requires a special git config file and running the command under elevated admin account - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41994595/error-while-importing-gobblin-gradle-project-into-ide

The ask here is to either document that for Windows users, or avoid using symbolic links all together.




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