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Let the test suite pass when MSYS2's symlink support is turned on - #5975

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Let the test suite pass when MSYS2's symlink support is turned on#5975
dscho wants to merge 12 commits into
git-for-windows:mainfrom
dscho:pass-the-test-suite-with-symlinks-on-windows

Commits on Nov 25, 2025
- t9700: accommodate for Windows paths
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- apply: symbolic links lack a "trustable executable bit"
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  b97afa9
- mingw: special-case `open(symlink, O_CREAT | O_EXCL)`
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Commits on Nov 30, 2025
- t0001: handle `diff --no-index` gracefully
  
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- t0301: another fix for Windows compatibility
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Commits on Dec 5, 2025
- t0600: fix incomplete prerequisite for a test case
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- t1006: accommodate for symlink support in MSYS2
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  ea74e67
- t1305: skip symlink tests that do not apply to Windows
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- t6423: introduce Windows-specific handling for symlinking to /dev/null
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- t7800: work around the MSYS path conversion on Windows
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- Merge branch 'prepare-the-test-suite-for-symlink-support-on-windows'
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- mingw_realpath(): do follow symbolic links
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