Re: [PATCH 07/10] t1006: accommodate for symlink support in MSYS2

> On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 06:28:23PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> 
> >  test_expect_success 'git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks works for symlinks with internal ..' '
> > -	echo HEAD: | git cat-file --batch-check >expect &&
> > -	echo HEAD:up-down | git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks >actual &&
> > -	test_cmp expect actual &&
> > -	echo HEAD:up-down-trailing | git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks >actual &&
> > -	test_cmp expect actual &&
> > +	if test_have_prereq !MINGW
> > +	then
> > +		# The `up-down` and `up-down-trailing` symlinks are normalized
> > +		# in MSYS in `winsymlinks` mode and are therefore in a
> > +		# different shape than Git expects them.
> > +		echo HEAD: | git cat-file --batch-check >expect &&
> > +		echo HEAD:up-down | git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks >actual &&
> > +		test_cmp expect actual &&
> > +		echo HEAD:up-down-trailing | git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks >actual &&
> > +		test_cmp expect actual
> > +	fi &&
> >  	echo HEAD:up-down-file | git cat-file --batch-check --follow-symlinks >actual &&
> >  	test_cmp found actual &&
> >  	echo symlink 7 >expect &&
> 
> I'm not quite sure I follow, so my questions may be dumb. Does this mean
> that git-cat-file(1) fails to follow the symlink in this case, and
> consequently we cannot execute it at all? If so, is this a bug that
> we'll eventually have to fix?