Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

Re:Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video] by platz on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @11:37AM (#13696819)

I was under the impression that only linux sub-system applications should be modifying files inside the linux sub-system.

For example, using windows explorer to edit linux sub-system files would be a big no-no.

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Re:Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video] by bitcrazed on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @01:28PM (#13698009)

Yes, that is the guidance we're giving right now. See my post on this subject for more background: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-n...

However, it's fine to modify files stored in your Windows filesystem from within Bash, so if you were in `/mnt/c/dev/project/` and launched `code.exe ./`, Code would open the current (Windows-accessible) folder.

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Re:Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video] by jaxn on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @09:17PM (#13702332)

First, I switched from OSX to Windows b/c WSL made it possible.

There is some weirdness with the recommended file system sharing. Git on WSL sees files as modified after they have been checked in from Windows. It means I either use Git from the IDE or from the terminal, but not both.

Excited to see how this continues to improve.

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Re:Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video] by bitcrazed on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @09:20PM (#13702349)

Great to hear - welcome to the party! :)

What you're seeing with git is likely to be caused by line ending differences. You've probably got "Convert line endings to Windows" configured in your Git on Windows, but "Checkout Linux line endings on Linux". Either way, both should match otherwise all your files will look different because ... well ... they will be ;)

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