[GH-ISSUE #533] Update install/mdm logic to copy skills on WIndows instead of using symlinks to avoid admin requirement #180

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opened 2026-03-02 04:12:38 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments
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Originally created by @svarlamov on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/issues/533

On Windows, creating symlinks requires Administrator privileges for legacy reasons. There's no reason why skills must use symlinks, so we should just update the logic on Windows to copy/overwrite the user-level skills dirs instead of using symlinks.

Originally created by @svarlamov on GitHub (Feb 16, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/issues/533 On Windows, creating symlinks requires Administrator privileges for legacy reasons. There's no reason why skills must use symlinks, so we should just update the logic on Windows to copy/overwrite the user-level skills dirs instead of using symlinks.
kerem 2026-03-02 04:12:38 +03:00
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