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dir-sync: Windows anchoring via a win32 handle backend

On Windows, dir-sync can now anchor its root folder through a native Windows handle, with fallbacks when that is not possible

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What

On Windows, dir-sync, Claude Code's folder syncing, now anchors its root folder through a win32_handle backend. To do this it loads an NT FFI, a way of calling Windows system functions directly. If this does not work, the anchoring either falls back to no_ffi or goes without anchoring and records a reason why.

The CLAUDE_CODE_DIR_SYNC_DISABLE_ANCHORING environment variable is checked before any of this happens.

Why

Windows machines now take part in dir-sync root anchoring. CLAUDE_CODE_DIR_SYNC_DISABLE_ANCHORING is the setting to look at if you need to keep anchoring out of the way.

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The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what anchoring protects against or what the fallback modes mean for syncing.

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