From 2e24067b1632a89610b89e58deba6283a71768f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 19:54:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/22] strbuf_readlink: don't call readlink twice if hint is
 the exact link size

strbuf_readlink() calls readlink() twice if the hint argument specifies the
exact size of the link target (e.g. by passing stat.st_size as returned by
lstat()). This is necessary because 'readlink(..., hint) == hint' could
mean that the buffer was too small.

Use hint + 1 as buffer size to prevent this.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 strbuf.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index f30fdc6984..82fd28d403 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -578,12 +578,12 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 	while (hint < STRBUF_MAXLINK) {
 		ssize_t len;
 
-		strbuf_grow(sb, hint);
-		len = readlink(path, sb->buf, hint);
+		strbuf_grow(sb, hint + 1);
+		len = readlink(path, sb->buf, hint + 1);
 		if (len < 0) {
 			if (errno != ERANGE)
 				break;
-		} else if (len < hint) {
+		} else if (len <= hint) {
 			strbuf_setlen(sb, len);
 			return 0;
 		}

From e0bf95df8e633f33dd7a48cd6ebdbadadbfc7cbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:15:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/22] strbuf_readlink: support link targets that exceed
 PATH_MAX

strbuf_readlink() refuses to read link targets that exceed PATH_MAX (even
if a sufficient size was specified by the caller).

As some platforms support longer paths, remove this restriction (similar
to strbuf_getcwd()).

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 strbuf.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 82fd28d403..4d55f06792 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -566,8 +566,6 @@ ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *f)
 	return sb->len ? fwrite(sb->buf, 1, sb->len, f) : 0;
 }
 
-#define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX)
-
 int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 {
 	size_t oldalloc = sb->alloc;
@@ -575,7 +573,7 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 	if (hint < 32)
 		hint = 32;
 
-	while (hint < STRBUF_MAXLINK) {
+	for (;;) {
 		ssize_t len;
 
 		strbuf_grow(sb, hint + 1);

From e6228e6209a6f819d018158aa3e070ce7249e471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 19:58:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/22] lockfile.c: use is_dir_sep() instead of hardcoded '/'
 checks

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 lockfile.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 1d5ed01682..67082a9caa 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ static void trim_last_path_component(struct strbuf *path)
 	int i = path->len;
 
 	/* back up past trailing slashes, if any */
-	while (i && path->buf[i - 1] == '/')
+	while (i && is_dir_sep(path->buf[i - 1]))
 		i--;
 
 	/*
 	 * then go backwards until a slash, or the beginning of the
 	 * string
 	 */
-	while (i && path->buf[i - 1] != '/')
+	while (i && !is_dir_sep(path->buf[i - 1]))
 		i--;
 
 	strbuf_setlen(path, i);

From 625770c354c9d839c50e1cda1b25711a13337645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 11:09:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/22] Win32: don't call GetFileAttributes twice in
 mingw_lstat()

GetFileAttributes cannot handle paths with trailing dir separator. The
current [l]stat implementation calls GetFileAttributes twice if the path
has trailing slashes (first with the original path passed to [l]stat, and
and a second time with a path copy with trailing '/' removed).

With Unicode conversion, we get the length of the path for free and also
have a (wide char) buffer that can be modified.

Remove trailing directory separators before calling the Win32 API.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 48 ++++++++++++------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 756e2af848..7cc8c52834 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -944,9 +944,18 @@ static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
 	wchar_t wfilename[MAX_LONG_PATH];
-	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wfilename, file_name) < 0)
+	int wlen = xutftowcs_long_path(wfilename, file_name);
+	if (wlen < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	/* strip trailing '/', or GetFileAttributes will fail */
+	while (wlen && is_dir_sep(wfilename[wlen - 1]))
+		wfilename[--wlen] = 0;
+	if (!wlen) {
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (GetFileAttributesExW(wfilename, GetFileExInfoStandard, &fdata)) {
 		buf->st_ino = 0;
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
@@ -1006,39 +1015,6 @@ static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/* We provide our own lstat/fstat functions, since the provided
- * lstat/fstat functions are so slow. These stat functions are
- * tailored for Git's usage (read: fast), and are not meant to be
- * complete. Note that Git stat()s are redirected to mingw_lstat()
- * too, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks that well.
- */
-static int do_stat_internal(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
-{
-	size_t namelen;
-	char alt_name[MAX_LONG_PATH];
-
-	if (!do_lstat(follow, file_name, buf))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* if file_name ended in a '/', Windows returned ENOENT;
-	 * try again without trailing slashes
-	 */
-	if (errno != ENOENT)
-		return -1;
-
-	namelen = strlen(file_name);
-	if (namelen && file_name[namelen-1] != '/')
-		return -1;
-	while (namelen && file_name[namelen-1] == '/')
-		--namelen;
-	if (!namelen || namelen >= MAX_LONG_PATH)
-		return -1;
-
-	memcpy(alt_name, file_name, namelen);
-	alt_name[namelen] = 0;
-	return do_lstat(follow, alt_name, buf);
-}
-
 int (*lstat)(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf) = mingw_lstat;
 
 static int get_file_info_by_handle(HANDLE hnd, struct stat *buf)
@@ -1066,11 +1042,11 @@ static int get_file_info_by_handle(HANDLE hnd, struct stat *buf)
 
 int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
-	return do_stat_internal(0, file_name, buf);
+	return do_lstat(0, file_name, buf);
 }
 int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
-	return do_stat_internal(1, file_name, buf);
+	return do_lstat(1, file_name, buf);
 }
 
 int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)

From f88737f3bf9b2b63a41958235f939190ca078ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 01:18:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/22] Win32: implement stat() with symlink support

With respect to symlinks, the current stat() implementation is almost the
same as lstat(): except for the file type (st_mode & S_IFMT), it returns
information about the link rather than the target.

Implement stat by opening the file with as little permissions as possible
and calling GetFileInformationByHandle on it. This way, all link resoltion
is handled by the Windows file system layer.

If symlinks are disabled, use lstat() as before, but fail with ELOOP if a
symlink would have to be resolved.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 7cc8c52834..b36e9e3adc 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1044,9 +1044,26 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	return do_lstat(0, file_name, buf);
 }
+
 int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
-	return do_lstat(1, file_name, buf);
+	wchar_t wfile_name[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	HANDLE hnd;
+	int result;
+
+	/* open the file and let Windows resolve the links */
+	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wfile_name, file_name) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	hnd = CreateFileW(wfile_name, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+	if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return -1;
+	}
+	result = get_file_info_by_handle(hnd, buf);
+	CloseHandle(hnd);
+	return result;
 }
 
 int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)

From b32eff967ea05b60ca0fc5da30f62e3cfaf18e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 00:58:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/22] Win32: remove separate do_lstat() function

With the new mingw_stat() implementation, do_lstat() is only called from
mingw_lstat() (with follow == 0). Remove the extra function and the old
mingw_stat()-specific (follow == 1) logic.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 22 ++--------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index b36e9e3adc..3221f55bb6 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -933,14 +933,7 @@ static int has_valid_directory_prefix(wchar_t *wfilename)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* We keep the do_lstat code in a separate function to avoid recursion.
- * When a path ends with a slash, the stat will fail with ENOENT. In
- * this case, we strip the trailing slashes and stat again.
- *
- * If follow is true then act like stat() and report on the link
- * target. Otherwise report on the link itself.
- */
-static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
 	wchar_t wfilename[MAX_LONG_PATH];
@@ -974,13 +967,7 @@ static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 			if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 				if ((findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
 						(findbuf.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)) {
-					if (follow) {
-						char buffer[MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE];
-						buf->st_size = readlink(file_name, buffer, MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
-					} else {
-						buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK;
-					}
-					buf->st_mode |= S_IREAD;
+					buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IREAD;
 					if (!(findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
 						buf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
 				}
@@ -1040,11 +1027,6 @@ static int get_file_info_by_handle(HANDLE hnd, struct stat *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
-{
-	return do_lstat(0, file_name, buf);
-}
-
 int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	wchar_t wfile_name[MAX_LONG_PATH];

From c3e4ddbf019b405f7ed1c7981eeca8f0d40ed950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 00:17:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/22] Win32: let mingw_lstat() error early upon problems with
 reparse points

When obtaining lstat information for reparse points, we need to call
FindFirstFile() in addition to GetFileInformationEx() to obtain the type
of the reparse point (symlink, mount point etc.). However, currently there
is no error handling whatsoever if FindFirstFile() fails.

Call FindFirstFile() before modifying the stat *buf output parameter and
error out if the call fails.

Note: The FindFirstFile() return value includes all the data that we get
from GetFileAttributesEx(), so we could replace GetFileAttributesEx() with
FindFirstFile(). We don't do that because GetFileAttributesEx() is about
twice as fast for single files. I.e. we only pay the extra cost of calling
FindFirstFile() in the rare case that we encounter a reparse point.

Note: The indentation of the remaining reparse point code will be fixed in
the next patch.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 3221f55bb6..38cc031751 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static int has_valid_directory_prefix(wchar_t *wfilename)
 int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
+	WIN32_FIND_DATAW findbuf = { 0 };
 	wchar_t wfilename[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	int wlen = xutftowcs_long_path(wfilename, file_name);
 	if (wlen < 0)
@@ -950,6 +951,13 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 	}
 
 	if (GetFileAttributesExW(wfilename, GetFileExInfoStandard, &fdata)) {
+		/* for reparse points, use FindFirstFile to get the reparse tag */
+		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
+			HANDLE handle = FindFirstFileW(wfilename, &findbuf);
+			if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+				goto error;
+			FindClose(handle);
+		}
 		buf->st_ino = 0;
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
@@ -962,20 +970,16 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime), &(buf->st_mtim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftCreationTime), &(buf->st_ctim));
 		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
-			WIN32_FIND_DATAW findbuf;
-			HANDLE handle = FindFirstFileW(wfilename, &findbuf);
-			if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 				if ((findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
 						(findbuf.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)) {
 					buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IREAD;
 					if (!(findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
 						buf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
 				}
-				FindClose(handle);
-			}
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
+error:
 	switch (GetLastError()) {
 	case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
 	case ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION:

From aec0db1dcae01ed85161cce9b36236d4e701ab61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:21:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/22] mingw: teach fscache and dirent about symlinks

Move S_IFLNK detection to file_attr_to_st_mode() and reuse it in fscache.

Implement DT_LNK detection in dirent.c and the fscache readdir version.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c         | 13 +++----------
 compat/win32.h         |  6 ++++--
 compat/win32/dirent.c  |  5 ++++-
 compat/win32/fscache.c | 11 +++++++----
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 38cc031751..5f4f023f46 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -962,21 +962,14 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
-		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes);
+		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes,
+				findbuf.dwReserved0);
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
 			(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
 		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime), &(buf->st_atim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime), &(buf->st_mtim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftCreationTime), &(buf->st_ctim));
-		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
-				if ((findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
-						(findbuf.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)) {
-					buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IREAD;
-					if (!(findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
-						buf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
-				}
-		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 error:
@@ -1021,7 +1014,7 @@ static int get_file_info_by_handle(HANDLE hnd, struct stat *buf)
 	buf->st_gid = 0;
 	buf->st_uid = 0;
 	buf->st_nlink = 1;
-	buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes);
+	buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes, 0);
 	buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
 		(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
 	buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
diff --git a/compat/win32.h b/compat/win32.h
index a97e880757..671bcc81f9 100644
--- a/compat/win32.h
+++ b/compat/win32.h
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-static inline int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr)
+static inline int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr, DWORD tag)
 {
 	int fMode = S_IREAD;
-	if (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+	if ((attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) && tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)
+		fMode |= S_IFLNK;
+	else if (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 		fMode |= S_IFDIR;
 	else
 		fMode |= S_IFREG;
diff --git a/compat/win32/dirent.c b/compat/win32/dirent.c
index c9fe2454ef..87063101f5 100644
--- a/compat/win32/dirent.c
+++ b/compat/win32/dirent.c
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ static inline void finddata2dirent(struct dirent *ent, WIN32_FIND_DATAW *fdata)
 	xwcstoutf(ent->d_name, fdata->cFileName, MAX_PATH * 3);
 
 	/* Set file type, based on WIN32_FIND_DATA */
-	if (fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+	if ((fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+			&& fdata->dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)
+		ent->d_type = DT_LNK;
+	else if (fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 		ent->d_type = DT_DIR;
 	else
 		ent->d_type = DT_REG;
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.c b/compat/win32/fscache.c
index dbf640ca79..41fae636c1 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -207,10 +207,13 @@ static struct fsentry *fseentry_create_entry(struct fscache *cache,
 		fdata->FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT ?
 		fdata->EaSize : 0;
 
-	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->FileAttributes);
-	fse->dirent.d_type = S_ISDIR(fse->st_mode) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
-	fse->u.s.st_size = fdata->EndOfFile.LowPart |
-		(((off_t)fdata->EndOfFile.HighPart) << 32);
+	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->FileAttributes,
+					    fdata->EaSize);
+	fse->dirent.d_type = S_ISREG(fse->st_mode) ? DT_REG :
+			S_ISDIR(fse->st_mode) ? DT_DIR : DT_LNK;
+	fse->u.s.st_size = S_ISLNK(fse->st_mode) ? MAX_LONG_PATH :
+			fdata->EndOfFile.LowPart |
+			(((off_t)fdata->EndOfFile.HighPart) << 32);
 	filetime_to_timespec((FILETIME *)&(fdata->LastAccessTime),
 			     &(fse->u.s.st_atim));
 	filetime_to_timespec((FILETIME *)&(fdata->LastWriteTime),

From 8ea62488bcbad69744e9cdf580d2d17af90d1461 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 01:11:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/22] Win32: lstat(): return adequate stat.st_size for
 symlinks

Git typically doesn't trust the stat.st_size member of symlinks (e.g. see
strbuf_readlink()). However, some functions take shortcuts if st_size is 0
(e.g. diff_populate_filespec()).

In mingw_lstat() and fscache_lstat(), make sure to return an adequate size.

The extra overhead of opening and reading the reparse point to calculate
the exact size is not necessary, as git doesn't rely on the value anyway.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 5f4f023f46..9cb737b1b0 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -964,8 +964,8 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes,
 				findbuf.dwReserved0);
-		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
-			(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
+		buf->st_size = S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode) ? MAX_LONG_PATH :
+			fdata.nFileSizeLow | (((off_t) fdata.nFileSizeHigh) << 32);
 		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime), &(buf->st_atim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime), &(buf->st_mtim));

From dba1473162b4319a0a2c7f74ab48ed4a826f7ac7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 21:48:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/22] Win32: factor out retry logic

The retry pattern is duplicated in three places. It also seems to be too
hard to use: mingw_unlink() and mingw_rmdir() duplicate the code to retry,
and both of them do so incompletely. They also do not restore errno if the
user answers 'no'.

Introduce a retry_ask_yes_no() helper function that handles retry with
small delay, asking the user, and restoring errno.

mingw_unlink: include _wchmod in the retry loop (which may fail if the
file is locked exclusively).

mingw_rmdir: include special error handling in the retry loop.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 9cb737b1b0..3c6b9d61e3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 #define HCAST(type, handle) ((type)(intptr_t)handle)
 
-static const int delay[] = { 0, 1, 10, 20, 40 };
-
 void open_in_gdb(void)
 {
 	static struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
@@ -204,15 +202,12 @@ static int read_yes_no_answer(void)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int ask_yes_no_if_possible(const char *format, ...)
+static int ask_yes_no_if_possible(const char *format, va_list args)
 {
 	char question[4096];
 	const char *retry_hook;
-	va_list args;
 
-	va_start(args, format);
 	vsnprintf(question, sizeof(question), format, args);
-	va_end(args);
 
 	retry_hook = mingw_getenv("GIT_ASK_YESNO");
 	if (retry_hook) {
@@ -237,6 +232,31 @@ static int ask_yes_no_if_possible(const char *format, ...)
 	}
 }
 
+static int retry_ask_yes_no(int *tries, const char *format, ...)
+{
+	static const int delay[] = { 0, 1, 10, 20, 40 };
+	va_list args;
+	int result, saved_errno = errno;
+
+	if ((*tries) < ARRAY_SIZE(delay)) {
+		/*
+		 * We assume that some other process had the file open at the wrong
+		 * moment and retry. In order to give the other process a higher
+		 * chance to complete its operation, we give up our time slice now.
+		 * If we have to retry again, we do sleep a bit.
+		 */
+		Sleep(delay[*tries]);
+		(*tries)++;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	va_start(args, format);
+	result = ask_yes_no_if_possible(format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	errno = saved_errno;
+	return result;
+}
+
 /* Windows only */
 enum hide_dotfiles_type {
 	HIDE_DOTFILES_FALSE = 0,
@@ -329,7 +349,7 @@ static wchar_t *normalize_ntpath(wchar_t *wbuf)
 
 int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
 {
-	int ret, tries = 0;
+	int tries = 0;
 	wchar_t wpathname[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpathname, pathname) < 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -337,26 +357,16 @@ int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
 	if (DeleteFileW(wpathname))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* read-only files cannot be removed */
-	_wchmod(wpathname, 0666);
-	while ((ret = _wunlink(wpathname)) == -1 && tries < ARRAY_SIZE(delay)) {
+	do {
+		/* read-only files cannot be removed */
+		_wchmod(wpathname, 0666);
+		if (!_wunlink(wpathname))
+			return 0;
 		if (!is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()))
 			break;
-		/*
-		 * We assume that some other process had the source or
-		 * destination file open at the wrong moment and retry.
-		 * In order to give the other process a higher chance to
-		 * complete its operation, we give up our time slice now.
-		 * If we have to retry again, we do sleep a bit.
-		 */
-		Sleep(delay[tries]);
-		tries++;
-	}
-	while (ret == -1 && is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()) &&
-	       ask_yes_no_if_possible("Unlink of file '%s' failed. "
-			"Should I try again?", pathname))
-	       ret = _wunlink(wpathname);
-	return ret;
+	} while (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Unlink of file '%s' failed. "
+			"Should I try again?", pathname));
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int is_dir_empty(const wchar_t *wpath)
@@ -383,7 +393,7 @@ static int is_dir_empty(const wchar_t *wpath)
 
 int mingw_rmdir(const char *pathname)
 {
-	int ret, tries = 0;
+	int tries = 0;
 	wchar_t wpathname[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	struct stat st;
 
@@ -409,7 +419,11 @@ int mingw_rmdir(const char *pathname)
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpathname, pathname) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	while ((ret = _wrmdir(wpathname)) == -1 && tries < ARRAY_SIZE(delay)) {
+	do {
+		if (!_wrmdir(wpathname)) {
+			invalidate_lstat_cache();
+			return 0;
+		}
 		if (!is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()))
 			errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
 		if (errno != EACCES)
@@ -418,23 +432,9 @@ int mingw_rmdir(const char *pathname)
 			errno = ENOTEMPTY;
 			break;
 		}
-		/*
-		 * We assume that some other process had the source or
-		 * destination file open at the wrong moment and retry.
-		 * In order to give the other process a higher chance to
-		 * complete its operation, we give up our time slice now.
-		 * If we have to retry again, we do sleep a bit.
-		 */
-		Sleep(delay[tries]);
-		tries++;
-	}
-	while (ret == -1 && errno == EACCES && is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()) &&
-	       ask_yes_no_if_possible("Deletion of directory '%s' failed. "
-			"Should I try again?", pathname))
-	       ret = _wrmdir(wpathname);
-	if (!ret)
-		invalidate_lstat_cache();
-	return ret;
+	} while (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Deletion of directory '%s' failed. "
+			"Should I try again?", pathname));
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static inline int needs_hiding(const char *path)
@@ -2625,20 +2625,8 @@ repeat:
 			SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs);
 		}
 	}
-	if (tries < ARRAY_SIZE(delay) && gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
-		/*
-		 * We assume that some other process had the source or
-		 * destination file open at the wrong moment and retry.
-		 * In order to give the other process a higher chance to
-		 * complete its operation, we give up our time slice now.
-		 * If we have to retry again, we do sleep a bit.
-		 */
-		Sleep(delay[tries]);
-		tries++;
-		goto repeat;
-	}
 	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
-	       ask_yes_no_if_possible("Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
+	       retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
 		       "Should I try again?", pold, pnew))
 		goto repeat;
 

From da08b171374df658d397e76af02c4ca725164d4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:55:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/22] Win32: change default of 'core.symlinks' to false

Symlinks on Windows don't work the same way as on Unix systems. E.g. there
are different types of symlinks for directories and files, creating
symlinks requires administrative privileges etc.

By default, disable symlink support on Windows. I.e. users explicitly have
to enable it with 'git config [--system|--global] core.symlinks true'.

The test suite ignores system / global config files. Allow testing *with*
symlink support by checking if native symlinks are enabled in MSys2 (via
'MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict').

Reminder: This would need to be changed if / when we find a way to run the
test suite in a non-MSys-based shell (e.g. dash).

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 3c6b9d61e3..806cf30416 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -3218,6 +3218,15 @@ static void setup_windows_environment(void)
 
 	if (!getenv("LC_ALL") && !getenv("LC_CTYPE") && !getenv("LANG"))
 		setenv("LC_CTYPE", "C.UTF-8", 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Change 'core.symlinks' default to false, unless native symlinks are
+	 * enabled in MSys2 (via 'MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict'). Thus we can
+	 * run the test suite (which doesn't obey config files) with or without
+	 * symlink support.
+	 */
+	if (!(tmp = getenv("MSYS")) || !strstr(tmp, "winsymlinks:nativestrict"))
+		has_symlinks = 0;
 }
 
 static PSID get_current_user_sid(void)

From e493bf7edeb230b3751074b25d72d62702d0c46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 00:32:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/22] Win32: add symlink-specific error codes

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 806cf30416..2d2f0edfa4 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ int err_win_to_posix(DWORD winerr)
 	case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER: error = EINVAL; break;
 	case ERROR_INVALID_PASSWORD: error = EPERM; break;
 	case ERROR_INVALID_PRIMARY_GROUP: error = EINVAL; break;
+	case ERROR_INVALID_REPARSE_DATA: error = EINVAL; break;
 	case ERROR_INVALID_SIGNAL_NUMBER: error = EINVAL; break;
 	case ERROR_INVALID_TARGET_HANDLE: error = EIO; break;
 	case ERROR_INVALID_WORKSTATION: error = EACCES; break;
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ int err_win_to_posix(DWORD winerr)
 	case ERROR_NEGATIVE_SEEK: error = ESPIPE; break;
 	case ERROR_NOACCESS: error = EFAULT; break;
 	case ERROR_NONE_MAPPED: error = EINVAL; break;
+	case ERROR_NOT_A_REPARSE_POINT: error = EINVAL; break;
 	case ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY: error = ENOMEM; break;
 	case ERROR_NOT_READY: error = EAGAIN; break;
 	case ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE: error = EXDEV; break;
@@ -135,6 +137,9 @@ int err_win_to_posix(DWORD winerr)
 	case ERROR_PIPE_NOT_CONNECTED: error = EPIPE; break;
 	case ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD: error = EACCES; break;
 	case ERROR_READ_FAULT: error = EIO; break;
+	case ERROR_REPARSE_ATTRIBUTE_CONFLICT: error = EINVAL; break;
+	case ERROR_REPARSE_TAG_INVALID: error = EINVAL; break;
+	case ERROR_REPARSE_TAG_MISMATCH: error = EINVAL; break;
 	case ERROR_SEEK: error = EIO; break;
 	case ERROR_SEEK_ON_DEVICE: error = ESPIPE; break;
 	case ERROR_SHARING_BUFFER_EXCEEDED: error = ENFILE; break;

From 468b5d455a3ac3b6edfd50c431187bc504ed5813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:06:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/22] Win32: mingw_unlink: support symlinks to directories

_wunlink() / DeleteFileW() refuses to delete symlinks to directories. If
_wunlink() fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, try _wrmdir() as well.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 2d2f0edfa4..e78ed6683f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
 			return 0;
 		if (!is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()))
 			break;
+		/*
+		 * _wunlink() / DeleteFileW() for directory symlinks fails with
+		 * ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (EACCES), so try _wrmdir() as well. This is the
+		 * same error we get if a file is in use (already checked above).
+		 */
+		if (!_wrmdir(wpathname))
+			return 0;
 	} while (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Unlink of file '%s' failed. "
 			"Should I try again?", pathname));
 	return -1;

From a831f0121d4290c6f4edfa6b5052eb9768db2293 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 22:42:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/22] Win32: mingw_rename: support renaming symlinks

MSVCRT's _wrename() cannot rename symlinks over existing files: it returns
success without doing anything. Newer MSVCR*.dll versions probably do not
have this problem: according to CRT sources, they just call MoveFileEx()
with the MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED flag.

Get rid of _wrename() and call MoveFileEx() with proper error handling.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index e78ed6683f..8a0a442db3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ int mingw_accept(int sockfd1, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *sz)
 int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 {
 	static int supports_file_rename_info_ex = 1;
-	DWORD attrs, gle;
+	DWORD attrs = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES, gle;
 	int tries = 0;
 	wchar_t wpold[MAX_LONG_PATH], wpnew[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	int wpnew_len;
@@ -2529,15 +2529,6 @@ int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 	if (wpnew_len < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/*
-	 * Try native rename() first to get errno right.
-	 * It is based on MoveFile(), which cannot overwrite existing files.
-	 */
-	if (!_wrename(wpold, wpnew))
-		return 0;
-	if (errno != EEXIST)
-		return -1;
-
 repeat:
 	if (supports_file_rename_info_ex) {
 		/*
@@ -2611,13 +2602,22 @@ repeat:
 		 * to retry.
 		 */
 	} else {
-		if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING))
+		if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew,
+				MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED))
 			return 0;
 		gle = GetLastError();
 	}
 
-	/* TODO: translate more errors */
-	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
+	/* revert file attributes on failure */
+	if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+		SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs);
+
+	if (!is_file_in_use_error(gle)) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(gle);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (attrs == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
 	    (attrs = GetFileAttributesW(wpnew)) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
 		if (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
 			DWORD attrsold = GetFileAttributesW(wpold);
@@ -2629,16 +2629,10 @@ repeat:
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if ((attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) &&
-		    SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs & ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) {
-			if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING))
-				return 0;
-			gle = GetLastError();
-			/* revert file attributes on failure */
-			SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs);
-		}
+		    SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs & ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+			goto repeat;
 	}
-	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
-	       retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
+	if (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
 		       "Should I try again?", pold, pnew))
 		goto repeat;
 

From 12e7db5e5ab53f0ba508e04a585b1d1d7dadd694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:17:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/22] Win32: mingw_chdir: change to symlink-resolved
 directory

If symlinks are enabled, resolve all symlinks when changing directories,
as required by POSIX.

Note: Git's real_path() function bases its link resolution algorithm on
this property of chdir(). Unfortunately, the current directory on Windows
is limited to only MAX_PATH (260) characters. Therefore using symlinks and
long paths in combination may be problematic.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 8a0a442db3..54faf04155 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -899,7 +899,24 @@ int mingw_chdir(const char *dirname)
 	wchar_t wdirname[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wdirname, dirname) < 0)
 		return -1;
-	result = _wchdir(wdirname);
+
+	if (has_symlinks) {
+		HANDLE hnd = CreateFileW(wdirname, 0,
+				FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+				OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+		if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (!GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hnd, wdirname, ARRAY_SIZE(wdirname), 0)) {
+			errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+			CloseHandle(hnd);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		CloseHandle(hnd);
+	}
+
+	result = _wchdir(normalize_ntpath(wdirname));
 	current_directory_len = GetCurrentDirectoryW(0, NULL);
 	return result;
 }

From 2fa3264be63cdf101fe129ee37e8f351c05aab6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:24:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/22] Win32: implement readlink()

Implement readlink() by reading NTFS reparse points. Works for symlinks
and directory junctions. If symlinks are disabled, fail with ENOSYS.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 compat/mingw.h |  3 +-
 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 54faf04155..903d949b9c 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <sddl.h>
 #include <conio.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
+#include <winioctl.h>
 #include "../strbuf.h"
 #include "../run-command.h"
 #include "../abspath.h"
@@ -2930,6 +2931,103 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifndef _WINNT_H
+/*
+ * The REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER structure is defined in the Windows DDK (in
+ * ntifs.h) and in MSYS1's winnt.h (which defines _WINNT_H). So define
+ * it ourselves if we are on MSYS2 (whose winnt.h defines _WINNT_).
+ */
+typedef struct _REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER {
+	DWORD  ReparseTag;
+	WORD   ReparseDataLength;
+	WORD   Reserved;
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+	_ANONYMOUS_UNION
+#endif
+	union {
+		struct {
+			WORD   SubstituteNameOffset;
+			WORD   SubstituteNameLength;
+			WORD   PrintNameOffset;
+			WORD   PrintNameLength;
+			ULONG  Flags;
+			WCHAR PathBuffer[1];
+		} SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer;
+		struct {
+			WORD   SubstituteNameOffset;
+			WORD   SubstituteNameLength;
+			WORD   PrintNameOffset;
+			WORD   PrintNameLength;
+			WCHAR PathBuffer[1];
+		} MountPointReparseBuffer;
+		struct {
+			BYTE   DataBuffer[1];
+		} GenericReparseBuffer;
+	} DUMMYUNIONNAME;
+} REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, *PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER;
+#endif
+
+int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{
+	HANDLE handle;
+	WCHAR wpath[MAX_LONG_PATH], *wbuf;
+	REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER *b = alloca(MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
+	DWORD dummy;
+	char tmpbuf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	int len;
+
+	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, path) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* read reparse point data */
+	handle = CreateFileW(wpath, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING,
+			FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, NULL);
+	if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!DeviceIoControl(handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, NULL, 0, b,
+			MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE, &dummy, NULL)) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		CloseHandle(handle);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	CloseHandle(handle);
+
+	/* get target path for symlinks or mount points (aka 'junctions') */
+	switch (b->ReparseTag) {
+	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
+		wbuf = (WCHAR*) (((char*) b->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer)
+				+ b->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset);
+		*(WCHAR*) (((char*) wbuf)
+				+ b->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength) = 0;
+		break;
+	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT:
+		wbuf = (WCHAR*) (((char*) b->MountPointReparseBuffer.PathBuffer)
+				+ b->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset);
+		*(WCHAR*) (((char*) wbuf)
+				+ b->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength) = 0;
+		break;
+	default:
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Adapt to strange readlink() API: Copy up to bufsiz *bytes*, potentially
+	 * cutting off a UTF-8 sequence. Insufficient bufsize is *not* a failure
+	 * condition. There is no conversion function that produces invalid UTF-8,
+	 * so convert to a (hopefully large enough) temporary buffer, then memcpy
+	 * the requested number of bytes (including '\0' for robustness).
+	 */
+	if ((len = xwcstoutf(tmpbuf, normalize_ntpath(wbuf), MAX_LONG_PATH)) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	memcpy(buf, tmpbuf, min(bufsiz, len + 1));
+	return min(bufsiz, len);
+}
+
 pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, int options)
 {
 	HANDLE h = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE | PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION,
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index f41d88e250..adc2706692 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ struct utsname {
  * trivial stubs
  */
 
-static inline int readlink(const char *path UNUSED, char *buf UNUSED, size_t bufsiz UNUSED)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath UNUSED, const char *newpath UNUSED)
 { errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 static inline int fchmod(int fildes UNUSED, mode_t mode UNUSED)
@@ -222,6 +220,7 @@ int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
 int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int uname(struct utsname *buf);
+int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 
 /*
  * replacements of existing functions

From 1b4cc06ec542ed0e4559982530b323f214ecfcd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Zissimopoulos <billziss@navimatics.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:35:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 17/22] mingw: lstat: compute correct size for symlinks

This commit fixes mingw_lstat by computing the proper size for symlinks
according to POSIX. POSIX specifies that upon successful return from
lstat: "the value of the st_size member shall be set to the length of
the pathname contained in the symbolic link not including any
terminating null byte".

Prior to this commit the mingw_lstat function returned a fixed size of
4096. This caused problems in git repositories that were accessed by
git for Cygwin or git for WSL. For example, doing `git reset --hard`
using git for Windows would update the size of symlinks in the index
to be 4096; at a later time git for Cygwin or git for WSL would find
that symlinks have changed size during `git status`. Vice versa doing
`git reset --hard` in git for Cygwin or git for WSL would update the
size of symlinks in the index with the correct value, only for git for
Windows to find incorrectly at a later time that the size had changed.

Signed-off-by: Bill Zissimopoulos <billziss@navimatics.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c         | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 compat/win32/fscache.c | 12 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 903d949b9c..10dff96547 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -963,10 +963,14 @@ static int has_valid_directory_prefix(wchar_t *wfilename)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int readlink_1(const WCHAR *wpath, BOOL fail_on_unknown_tag,
+		      char *tmpbuf, int *plen, DWORD *ptag);
+
 int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 {
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fdata;
-	WIN32_FIND_DATAW findbuf = { 0 };
+	DWORD reparse_tag = 0;
+	int link_len = 0;
 	wchar_t wfilename[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	int wlen = xutftowcs_long_path(wfilename, file_name);
 	if (wlen < 0)
@@ -981,20 +985,21 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 	}
 
 	if (GetFileAttributesExW(wfilename, GetFileExInfoStandard, &fdata)) {
-		/* for reparse points, use FindFirstFile to get the reparse tag */
+		/* for reparse points, get the link tag and length */
 		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
-			HANDLE handle = FindFirstFileW(wfilename, &findbuf);
-			if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-				goto error;
-			FindClose(handle);
+			char tmpbuf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+
+			if (readlink_1(wfilename, FALSE, tmpbuf, &link_len,
+				       &reparse_tag) < 0)
+				return -1;
 		}
 		buf->st_ino = 0;
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes,
-				findbuf.dwReserved0);
-		buf->st_size = S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode) ? MAX_LONG_PATH :
+				reparse_tag);
+		buf->st_size = S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode) ? link_len :
 			fdata.nFileSizeLow | (((off_t) fdata.nFileSizeHigh) << 32);
 		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime), &(buf->st_atim));
@@ -1002,7 +1007,7 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftCreationTime), &(buf->st_ctim));
 		return 0;
 	}
-error:
+
 	switch (GetLastError()) {
 	case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
 	case ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION:
@@ -2967,17 +2972,13 @@ typedef struct _REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER {
 } REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, *PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER;
 #endif
 
-int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+static int readlink_1(const WCHAR *wpath, BOOL fail_on_unknown_tag,
+		      char *tmpbuf, int *plen, DWORD *ptag)
 {
 	HANDLE handle;
-	WCHAR wpath[MAX_LONG_PATH], *wbuf;
+	WCHAR *wbuf;
 	REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER *b = alloca(MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
 	DWORD dummy;
-	char tmpbuf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
-	int len;
-
-	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, path) < 0)
-		return -1;
 
 	/* read reparse point data */
 	handle = CreateFileW(wpath, 0,
@@ -2997,7 +2998,7 @@ int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
 	CloseHandle(handle);
 
 	/* get target path for symlinks or mount points (aka 'junctions') */
-	switch (b->ReparseTag) {
+	switch ((*ptag = b->ReparseTag)) {
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
 		wbuf = (WCHAR*) (((char*) b->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer)
 				+ b->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset);
@@ -3011,10 +3012,34 @@ int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
 				+ b->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength) = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
+		if (fail_on_unknown_tag) {
+			errno = EINVAL;
+			return -1;
+		} else {
+			*plen = MAX_LONG_PATH;
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
+	if ((*plen =
+	     xwcstoutf(tmpbuf, normalize_ntpath(wbuf), MAX_LONG_PATH)) <  0)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
+{
+	WCHAR wpath[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	char tmpbuf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	int len;
+	DWORD tag;
+
+	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, path) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (readlink_1(wpath, TRUE, tmpbuf, &len, &tag) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Adapt to strange readlink() API: Copy up to bufsiz *bytes*, potentially
 	 * cutting off a UTF-8 sequence. Insufficient bufsize is *not* a failure
@@ -3022,8 +3047,6 @@ int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
 	 * so convert to a (hopefully large enough) temporary buffer, then memcpy
 	 * the requested number of bytes (including '\0' for robustness).
 	 */
-	if ((len = xwcstoutf(tmpbuf, normalize_ntpath(wbuf), MAX_LONG_PATH)) < 0)
-		return -1;
 	memcpy(buf, tmpbuf, min(bufsiz, len + 1));
 	return min(bufsiz, len);
 }
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.c b/compat/win32/fscache.c
index 41fae636c1..0f5e00ae18 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -594,6 +594,18 @@ int fscache_lstat(const char *filename, struct stat *st)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Special case symbolic links: FindFirstFile()/FindNextFile() did not
+	 * provide us with the length of the target path.
+	 */
+	if (fse->u.s.st_size == MAX_LONG_PATH && S_ISLNK(fse->st_mode)) {
+		char buf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+		int len = readlink(filename, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+
+		if (len > 0)
+			fse->u.s.st_size = len;
+	}
+
 	/* copy stat data */
 	st->st_ino = 0;
 	st->st_gid = 0;

From 52e622d16365203fa5f3db6637f235b158b45df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:32:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/22] Win32: implement basic symlink() functionality (file
 symlinks only)

Implement symlink() that always creates file symlinks. Fails with ENOSYS
if symlinks are disabled or unsupported.

Note: CreateSymbolicLinkW() was introduced with symlink support in Windows
Vista. For compatibility with Windows XP, we need to load it dynamically
and fail gracefully if it isnt's available.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 compat/mingw.h |  3 +--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 10dff96547..b6f4a1937f 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2936,6 +2936,34 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int symlink(const char *target, const char *link)
+{
+	wchar_t wtarget[MAX_LONG_PATH], wlink[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	int len;
+
+	/* fail if symlinks are disabled or API is not supported (WinXP) */
+	if (!has_symlinks) {
+		errno = ENOSYS;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if ((len = xutftowcs_long_path(wtarget, target)) < 0
+			|| xutftowcs_long_path(wlink, link) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* convert target dir separators to backslashes */
+	while (len--)
+		if (wtarget[len] == '/')
+			wtarget[len] = '\\';
+
+	/* create file symlink */
+	if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, 0)) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifndef _WINNT_H
 /*
  * The REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER structure is defined in the Windows DDK (in
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index adc2706692..a7069274b1 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ struct utsname {
  * trivial stubs
  */
 
-static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath UNUSED, const char *newpath UNUSED)
-{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 static inline int fchmod(int fildes UNUSED, mode_t mode UNUSED)
 { errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
 #ifndef __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR
@@ -220,6 +218,7 @@ int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out);
 int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
 int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int uname(struct utsname *buf);
+int symlink(const char *target, const char *link);
 int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
 
 /*

From afa8cb7210e92acd9c689bc3a2bbdd80fe75af5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 01:48:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/22] Win32: symlink: add support for symlinks to directories

Symlinks on Windows have a flag that indicates whether the target is a file
or a directory. Symlinks of wrong type simply don't work. This even affects
core Win32 APIs (e.g. DeleteFile() refuses to delete directory symlinks).

However, CreateFile() with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS doesn't seem to care.
Check the target type by first creating a tentative file symlink, opening
it, and checking the type of the resulting handle. If it is a directory,
recreate the symlink with the directory flag set.

It is possible to create symlinks before the target exists (or in case of
symlinks to symlinks: before the target type is known). If this happens,
create a tentative file symlink and postpone the directory decision: keep
a list of phantom symlinks to be processed whenever a new directory is
created in mingw_mkdir().

Limitations: This algorithm may fail if a link target changes from file to
directory or vice versa, or if the target directory is created in another
process.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 159 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index b6f4a1937f..701b9526b0 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -328,6 +328,126 @@ static inline int is_wdir_sep(wchar_t wchar)
 	return wchar == L'/' || wchar == L'\\';
 }
 
+static const wchar_t *make_relative_to(const wchar_t *path,
+				       const wchar_t *relative_to, wchar_t *out,
+				       size_t size)
+{
+	size_t i = wcslen(relative_to), len;
+
+	/* Is `path` already absolute? */
+	if (is_wdir_sep(path[0]) ||
+	    (iswalpha(path[0]) && path[1] == L':' && is_wdir_sep(path[2])))
+		return path;
+
+	while (i > 0 && !is_wdir_sep(relative_to[i - 1]))
+		i--;
+
+	/* Is `relative_to` in the current directory? */
+	if (!i)
+		return path;
+
+	len = wcslen(path);
+	if (i + len + 1 > size) {
+		error("Could not make '%ls' relative to '%ls' (too large)",
+		      path, relative_to);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(out, relative_to, i * sizeof(wchar_t));
+	wcscpy(out + i, path);
+	return out;
+}
+
+enum phantom_symlink_result {
+	PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY,
+	PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE,
+	PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY
+};
+
+/*
+ * Changes a file symlink to a directory symlink if the target exists and is a
+ * directory.
+ */
+static enum phantom_symlink_result
+process_phantom_symlink(const wchar_t *wtarget, const wchar_t *wlink)
+{
+	HANDLE hnd;
+	BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fdata;
+	wchar_t relative[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	const wchar_t *rel;
+
+	/* check that wlink is still a file symlink */
+	if ((GetFileAttributesW(wlink)
+			& (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
+			!= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE;
+
+	/* make it relative, if necessary */
+	rel = make_relative_to(wtarget, wlink, relative, ARRAY_SIZE(relative));
+	if (!rel)
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE;
+
+	/* let Windows resolve the link by opening it */
+	hnd = CreateFileW(rel, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+	if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY;
+	}
+
+	if (!GetFileInformationByHandle(hnd, &fdata)) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		CloseHandle(hnd);
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY;
+	}
+	CloseHandle(hnd);
+
+	/* if target exists and is a file, we're done */
+	if (!(fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE;
+
+	/* otherwise recreate the symlink with directory flag */
+	if (DeleteFileW(wlink) && CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, 1))
+		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY;
+
+	errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+	return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY;
+}
+
+/* keep track of newly created symlinks to non-existing targets */
+struct phantom_symlink_info {
+	struct phantom_symlink_info *next;
+	wchar_t *wlink;
+	wchar_t *wtarget;
+};
+
+static struct phantom_symlink_info *phantom_symlinks = NULL;
+static CRITICAL_SECTION phantom_symlinks_cs;
+
+static void process_phantom_symlinks(void)
+{
+	struct phantom_symlink_info *current, **psi;
+	EnterCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs);
+	/* process phantom symlinks list */
+	psi = &phantom_symlinks;
+	while ((current = *psi)) {
+		enum phantom_symlink_result result = process_phantom_symlink(
+				current->wtarget, current->wlink);
+		if (result == PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY) {
+			psi = &current->next;
+		} else {
+			/* symlink was processed, remove from list */
+			*psi = current->next;
+			free(current);
+			/* if symlink was a directory, start over */
+			if (result == PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY)
+				psi = &phantom_symlinks;
+		}
+	}
+	LeaveCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs);
+}
+
 /* Normalizes NT paths as returned by some low-level APIs. */
 static wchar_t *normalize_ntpath(wchar_t *wbuf)
 {
@@ -511,6 +631,8 @@ int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode UNUSED)
 		return -1;
 
 	ret = _wmkdir(wpath);
+	if (!ret)
+		process_phantom_symlinks();
 	if (!ret && needs_hiding(path))
 		return set_hidden_flag(wpath, 1);
 	return ret;
@@ -2961,6 +3083,42 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *link)
 		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
 		return -1;
 	}
+
+	/* convert to directory symlink if target exists */
+	switch (process_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink)) {
+	case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY:	{
+		/* if target doesn't exist, add to phantom symlinks list */
+		wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+		struct phantom_symlink_info *psi;
+
+		/* convert to absolute path to be independent of cwd */
+		len = GetFullPathNameW(wlink, MAX_LONG_PATH, wfullpath, NULL);
+		if (!len || len >= MAX_LONG_PATH) {
+			errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		/* over-allocate and fill phantom_symlink_info structure */
+		psi = xmalloc(sizeof(struct phantom_symlink_info)
+			+ sizeof(wchar_t) * (len + wcslen(wtarget) + 2));
+		psi->wlink = (wchar_t *)(psi + 1);
+		wcscpy(psi->wlink, wfullpath);
+		psi->wtarget = psi->wlink + len + 1;
+		wcscpy(psi->wtarget, wtarget);
+
+		EnterCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs);
+		psi->next = phantom_symlinks;
+		phantom_symlinks = psi;
+		LeaveCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs);
+		break;
+	}
+	case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY:
+		/* if we created a dir symlink, process other phantom symlinks */
+		process_phantom_symlinks();
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3925,6 +4083,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, const wchar_t **wargv)
 
 	/* initialize critical section for waitpid pinfo_t list */
 	InitializeCriticalSection(&pinfo_cs);
+	InitializeCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs);
 
 	/* initialize critical section for fscache */
 	InitializeCriticalSection(&fscache_cs);

From 3b895a5c39e29a28d4fdf5c364b37f29c2ca59b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 21:50:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 20/22] mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated
 permissions

With Windows 10 Build 14972 in Developer Mode, a new flag is supported
by CreateSymbolicLink() to create symbolic links even when running
outside of an elevated session (which was previously required).

This new flag is called SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE and
has the numeric value 0x02.

Previous Windows 10 versions will not understand that flag and return an
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, therefore we have to be careful to try passing
that flag only when the build number indicates that it is supported.

For more information about the new flag, see this blog post:
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/

This patch is loosely based on the patch submitted by Samuel D. Leslie
as https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1184.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 701b9526b0..2f3b6f5aba 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ static const wchar_t *make_relative_to(const wchar_t *path,
 	return out;
 }
 
+static DWORD symlink_file_flags = 0, symlink_directory_flags = 1;
+
 enum phantom_symlink_result {
 	PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY,
 	PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE,
@@ -408,7 +410,8 @@ process_phantom_symlink(const wchar_t *wtarget, const wchar_t *wlink)
 		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DONE;
 
 	/* otherwise recreate the symlink with directory flag */
-	if (DeleteFileW(wlink) && CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, 1))
+	if (DeleteFileW(wlink) &&
+	    CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, symlink_directory_flags))
 		return PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY;
 
 	errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
@@ -3079,7 +3082,7 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *link)
 			wtarget[len] = '\\';
 
 	/* create file symlink */
-	if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, 0)) {
+	if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, symlink_file_flags)) {
 		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -4018,6 +4021,24 @@ static void maybe_redirect_std_handles(void)
 				  GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING);
 }
 
+static void adjust_symlink_flags(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Starting with Windows 10 Build 14972, symbolic links can be created
+	 * using CreateSymbolicLink() without elevation by passing the flag
+	 * SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE (0x02) as last
+	 * parameter, provided the Developer Mode has been enabled. Some
+	 * earlier Windows versions complain about this flag with an
+	 * ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER, hence we have to test the build number
+	 * specifically.
+	 */
+	if (GetVersion() >= 14972 << 16) {
+		symlink_file_flags |= 2;
+		symlink_directory_flags |= 2;
+	}
+
+}
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 #include <crtdbg.h>
@@ -4053,6 +4074,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, const wchar_t **wargv)
 #endif
 
 	maybe_redirect_std_handles();
+	adjust_symlink_flags();
 	fsync_object_files = 1;
 
 	/* determine size of argv and environ conversion buffer */

From 804727eaf6867f6614959720e84bedf0ec966829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 21:54:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 21/22] mingw: emulate stat() a little more faithfully

When creating directories via `safe_create_leading_directories()`, we
might encounter an already-existing directory which is not
readable by the current user. To handle that situation, Git's code calls
`stat()` to determine whether we're looking at a directory.

In such a case, `CreateFile()` will fail, though, no matter what, and
consequently `mingw_stat()` will fail, too. But POSIX semantics seem to
still allow `stat()` to go forward.

So let's call `mingw_lstat()` for the rescue if we fail to get a file
handle due to denied permission in `mingw_stat()`, and fill the stat
info that way.

We need to be careful to not allow this to go forward in case that we're
looking at a symbolic link: to resolve the link, we would still have to
create a file handle, and we just found out that we cannot. Therefore,
`stat()` still needs to fail with `EACCES` in that case.

This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2531.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 2f3b6f5aba..da30c84fc0 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,19 @@ int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
 			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
 	if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		DWORD err = GetLastError();
+
+		if (err == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
+		    !mingw_lstat(file_name, buf) &&
+		    !S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode))
+			/*
+			 * POSIX semantics state to still try to fill
+			 * information, even if permission is denied to create
+			 * a file handle.
+			 */
+			return 0;
+
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(err);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	result = get_file_info_by_handle(hnd, buf);

From d207441d3611798348686ac164906da77a3f38f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 23:16:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 22/22] mingw: special-case index entries for symlinks with
 buggy size

In https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/2637, we fixed a bug
where symbolic links' target path sizes were recorded incorrectly in the
index. The downside of this fix was that every user with tracked
symbolic links in their checkouts would see them as modified in `git
status`, but not in `git diff`, and only a `git add <path>` (or `git add
-u`) would "fix" this.

Let's do better than that: we can detect that situation and simply
pretend that a symbolic link with a known bad size (or a size that just
happens to be that bad size, a _very_ unlikely scenario because it would
overflow our buffers due to the trailing NUL byte) means that it needs
to be re-checked as if we had just checked it out.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 read-cache.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 7d63134751..b9c420d35a 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -471,6 +471,17 @@ int ie_modified(struct index_state *istate,
 	 * then we know it is.
 	 */
 	if ((changed & DATA_CHANGED) &&
+#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+	    /*
+	     * Work around Git for Windows v2.27.0 fixing a bug where symlinks'
+	     * target path lengths were not read at all, and instead recorded
+	     * as 4096: now, all symlinks would appear as modified.
+	     *
+	     * So let's just special-case symlinks with a target path length
+	     * (i.e. `sd_size`) of 4096 and force them to be re-checked.
+	     */
+	    (!S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) || ce->ce_stat_data.sd_size != MAX_LONG_PATH) &&
+#endif
 	    (S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode) || ce->ce_stat_data.sd_size != 0))
 		return changed;