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		monstermachine on Jan 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history Tip: Add a separate SSD and format it as ext4. Mount it to wsl2 and do all your work there. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk Currently, the mount is not automatic so you can make a startup.ps script and run it on start through group policy.

gavinray on Jan 2, 2021 [–]

Ah this is a great tip, I will have to try this one -- thank you!

qwantim1 on Jan 3, 2021 | [–]

It may be a great tip but Windows users shouldn’t have to do this. Microsoft needs to fix their shit.

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