{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/506","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/506/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/506/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/506/events","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/506","id":112974075,"number":506,"title":"Windows 8.1 / Portable 2.6.2 / ln: failed to create hard link","user":{"login":"albertosantini","id":328179,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/328179?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini","html_url":"https://github.com/albertosantini","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/albertosantini/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-10-23T08:20:03Z","updated_at":"2015-10-23T08:20:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"After downloading `PortableGit-2.6.2-64-bit.7z.exe`, I executed it and extracted the files in `C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5`.\r\n\r\nWhen I started `git-bash.exe`, I get the following messages before the prompt.\r\n\r\n```\r\nln: failed to create hard link 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/libtre-5.dll': File exists\r\ncp: 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/bin/libtre-5.dll' and 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/libtre-5.dll' are the same file\r\nERROR: could not link C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/bin/libtre-5.dll C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\r\nln: failed to create hard link 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/libvtv_stubs-0.dll': File exists\r\ncp: 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/bin/libvtv_stubs-0.dll' and 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/libvtv_stubs-0.dll' are the same file\r\nERROR: could not link C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/bin/libvtv_stubs-0.dll C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\r\nln: failed to create hard link 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/ssleay32.dll': File exists\r\ncp: 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/bin/ssleay32.dll' and 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/ssleay32.dll' are the same file\r\nERROR: could not link C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/bin/ssleay32.dll C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\r\nln: failed to create hard link 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/tk86.dll': File exists\r\ncp: 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/bin/tk86.dll' and 'C:\\\\My\\\\Programs\\\\Git5\\\\mingw64/libexec/git-core/tk86.dll' are the same file\r\nERROR: could not link C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/bin/tk86.dll C:\\My\\Programs\\Git5\\mingw64/libexec/git-core\r\n```\r\n\r\nIt happens only once and the list of the files involved changes.\r\nI repeated a few times the task, installing in `Git1`, `Git2`, and so on, getting always that list of messages.\r\n\r\n(Windows 8.1 64bit and PortableGit-2.6.2-64-bit)"}}