[jstanley]

> One that I recall was that I didn't want to have to maintain k^n separate branches of story, so I'd prune off incorrect branches quickly

You could always merge storylines later on by symlinking them to the same place!

(Maybe not on Windows).

[x1798DE]

> You could always merge storylines later on by symlinking them to the same place!

> (Maybe not on Windows).

Windows has "shortcuts", which should work if there is some problem with symbolic links.

[chapium]

Symlinks at commandline work in vista or later. It is a different program however.

[dpcx]

Symlinks were a thing in the NT days; you just had to use a downloadable tool from Microsoft. Googling doesn't seem to provide much information any longer, unfortunately.

[kbenson]

I remember is was added, or at least announced, between late 1999 andr early 2001. Or maybe that was mounting a disk at a location instead of a letter. I just remember there was a fair amount of ridicule that it took so long for a simple feature that had existed for so long in Linux (and every UNIX) already, but both those fit the bill...