Re: [PATCH 0/4] mingw: rename and open fixes

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2025, 01:29 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbjoveuwk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1948.git.1754256318.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> The recent change of mingw_rename() to use POSIX semantics had quite a bit
> of fall-out, breaking in pre-Windows 11 setups that use ReFS, and in a
> different way on Windows Server 2016.
>
> While at it, this patch series also upstreams two related patches that
> matured in Git for Windows for long enough already.

Thanks. What a great timing, just before the -rc0 preview release ;-)

Will apply directly to 'master'.

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> Johannes Schindelin (3):
>   mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-around
>   mingw_rename: support ReFS on Windows 2022
>   mingw: support Windows Server 2016 again
>
> Matthias Aßhauer (1):
>   mingw_open_existing: handle directories better
>
>  Documentation/config/core.adoc |  6 ---
>  compat/mingw.c                 | 93 +++++++++-------------------------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 866e6a391f466baeeb98bc585845ea638322c04b
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1948%2Fdscho%2Fmingw-rename-and-open-fixes-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1948/dscho/mingw-rename-and-open-fixes-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1948