mingw: implement a platform-specific strbuf_realpath()

There is a Win32 API function to resolve symbolic links, and we can use
that instead of resolving them manually. Even better, this function also
resolves NTFS junction points (which are somewhat similar to bind
mounts).

This fixes #2481.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

Author: dscho

compat/mingw.c

@@ -1047,6 +1047,37 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+char *mingw_strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path)
+{
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	HANDLE h;
+	DWORD ret;
+	int len;
+
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	h = CreateFileW(wpath, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+	if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ret = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(h, wpath, ARRAY_SIZE(wpath), 0);
+	CloseHandle(h);
+	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpath))
+		return NULL;
+
+	len = wcslen(wpath) * 3;
+	strbuf_grow(resolved, len);
+	len = xwcstoutf(resolved->buf, normalize_ntpath(wpath), len);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return NULL;
+	resolved->len = len;
+	return resolved->buf;
+
+}
+
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
 	wchar_t cwd[MAX_PATH], wpointer[MAX_PATH];

compat/mingw.h

@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
 char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
 #define query_user_email mingw_query_user_email
+char *mingw_strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path);
+#define platform_strbuf_realpath mingw_strbuf_realpath
 #if !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER < 1800)
 #define PRIuMAX "I64u"
 #define PRId64 "I64d"

t/t3700-add.sh

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ test_expect_success CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS 'path is case-insensitive' '
 	git add "$downcased"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure MINGW 'can add files via NTFS junctions' '
+test_expect_success MINGW 'can add files via NTFS junctions' '
 	test_when_finished "cmd //c rmdir junction && rm -rf target" &&
 	test_create_repo target &&
 	cmd //c "mklink /j junction target" &&