On Windows, [EvalSymlinks] no longer evaluates mount points, which was a source of many inconsistencies and bugs. This behavior is controlled by the winsymlink
setting. For Go 1.23, it defaults to winsymlink=1
. Previous versions default to winsymlink=0
.
On Windows, [EvalSymlinks] no longer tries to normalize volumes to drive letters, which was not always even possible. This behavior is controlled by the winreadlinkvolume
setting. For Go 1.23, it defaults to winreadlinkvolume=1
. Previous versions default to winreadlinkvolume=0
.