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2026-01-23Merge branch 'js/symlink-windows'Junio C Hamano
Upstream symbolic link support on Windows from Git-for-Windows. * js/symlink-windows: mingw: special-case index entries for symlinks with buggy size mingw: emulate `stat()` a little more faithfully mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated permissions mingw: add support for symlinks to directories mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only) mingw: implement `readlink()` mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories mingw: support renaming symlinks mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()` mingw: add symlink-specific error codes mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false mingw: factor out the retry logic mingw: compute the correct size for symlinks in `mingw_lstat()` mingw: teach dirent about symlinks mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`
2026-01-21Merge branch 'js/prep-symlink-windows'Junio C Hamano
Further preparation to upstream symbolic link support on Windows. * js/prep-symlink-windows: trim_last_path_component(): avoid hard-coding the directory separator strbuf_readlink(): support link targets that exceed 2*PATH_MAX strbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-cases init: do parse _all_ core.* settings early mingw: do resolve symlinks in `getcwd()`
2026-01-09mingw: emulate `stat()` a little more faithfullyJohannes Schindelin
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()` to 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> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated permissionsJohannes Schindelin
As of 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/ Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: add support for symlinks to directoriesKarsten Blees
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 does work. 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. It's the best Git can do, though. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)Karsten Blees
Implement `symlink()`. This implementation always creates _file_ symlinks (remember: Windows discerns between symlinks pointing to directories and those pointing to files). Support for directory symlinks will be added in a subseqeuent commit. This implementation fails with `ENOSYS` if symlinks are disabled or unsupported. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: implement `readlink()`Karsten Blees
Implement `readlink()` by reading NTFS reparse points via the `read_reparse_point()` function that was introduced earlier to determine the length of symlink targets. Works for symlinks and directory junctions. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directoriesKarsten Blees
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 <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: support renaming symlinksKarsten Blees
Older MSVCRT's `_wrename()` function cannot rename symlinks over existing files: it returns success without doing anything. Newer MSVCR*.dll versions probably do not share this problem: according to CRT sources, they just call `MoveFileEx()` with the `MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED` flag. Avoid the `_wrename()` call, and go with directly calling `MoveFileEx()`, with proper error handling of course. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`Karsten Blees
The `_wunlink()` and `DeleteFileW()` functions refuse to delete symlinks to directories on Windows; The error code would be `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED` in that case. Take that error code as an indicator that we need to try `_wrmdir()` as well. In the best case, it will remove a symlink. In the worst case, it will fail with the same error code again. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: add symlink-specific error codesKarsten Blees
The Win32 API calls do not set `errno`; Instead, error codes for failed operations must be obtained via the `GetLastError()` function. Git would not know what to do with those error values, though, which is why Git's Windows compatibility layer translates them to `errno` values. Let's handle a couple of symlink-related error codes that will become relevant with the upcoming support for symlinks on Windows. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to falseKarsten Blees
Symlinks on Windows don't work the same way as on Unix systems. For example, there are different types of symlinks for directories and files, and unless using a recent-ish Windows version in Developer Mode, creating symlinks requires administrative privileges. By default, disable symlink support on Windows. That is, users explicitly have to enable it with `git config [--system|--global] core.symlinks true`; For convenience, `git init` (and `git clone`) will perform a test whether the current setup allows creating symlinks and will configure that setting in the repository config. The test suite ignores system / global config files. Allow testing *with* symlink support by checking if native symlinks are enabled in MSYS2 (via setting the special environment variable `MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict` to ask the MSYS2 runtime to enable creating symlinks). Note: This assumes that Git's test suite is run in MSYS2's Bash, which is true for the time being (an experiment to switch to BusyBox-w32 failed due to the experimental nature of BusyBox-w32). Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: factor out the retry logicKarsten Blees
In several places, Git's Windows-specific code follows the pattern where it tries to perform an operation, and retries several times when that operation fails, sleeping an increasing amount of time, before finally giving up and asking the user whether to rety (after, say, closing an editor that held a handle to a file, preventing the operation from succeeding). This logic is a bit hard to use, and inconsistent: `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`. Note that in `mingw_unlink()`, we include the `_wchmod()` call in the retry loop (which may fail if the file is locked exclusively). In `mingw_rmdir()`, we include special error handling in the retry loop. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: compute the correct size for symlinks in `mingw_lstat()`Bill Zissimopoulos
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". Git typically doesn't trust the `stat.st_size` member of symlinks (e.g. see `strbuf_readlink()`). Therefore, it is tempting to save on the extra overhead of opening and reading the reparse point merely to calculate the exact size of the link target. This is, in fact, what Git for Windows did, from May 2015 to May 2020. At least almost: some functions take shortcuts if `st_size` is 0 (e.g. `diff_populate_filespec()`), hence Git for Windows hard-coded the length of all symlinks to MAX_PATH. This did cause problems, though, specifically in Git repositories that were also 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 MAX_PATH; at a later time Git for Cygwin or Git for WSL would find that symlinks have changed size during `git status` and update the index. And then Git for Windows would think that the index needs to be updated. Even if the symlinks did not, in fact, change. To avoid that, the correct size must be determined. Signed-off-by: Bill Zissimopoulos <billziss@navimatics.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: teach dirent about symlinksKarsten Blees
Move the `S_IFLNK` detection to `file_attr_to_st_mode()`. Implement `DT_LNK` detection in dirent.c's `readdir()` function. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse pointsKarsten Blees
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. Please also note that the indentation the remaining reparse point code changed, and hence the best way to look at this diff is with `--color-moved -w`. That code was _not_ moved because a subsequent commit will move it to an altogether different function, anyway. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` functionKarsten Blees
With the new `mingw_stat()` implementation, `do_lstat()` is only called from `mingw_lstat()` (with the function parameter `follow == 0`). Remove the extra function and the old `mingw_stat()`-specific (`follow == 1`) logic. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink supportKarsten Blees
With respect to symlinks, the current `mingw_stat()` implementation is almost identical to `mingw_lstat()`: except for the file type (`st_mode & S_IFMT`), it returns information about the link rather than the target. Implement `mingw_stat()` by opening the file handle requesting minimal permissions, and then calling `GetFileInformationByHandle()` on it. This way, all links are resolved by the Windows file system layer. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`Karsten Blees
The Win32 API function `GetFileAttributes()` cannot handle paths with trailing dir separators. The current `mingw_stat()`/`mingw_lstat()` implementation calls `GetFileAttributes()` twice if the path has trailing slashes (first with the original path that was passed as function parameter, and and a second time with a path copy with trailing '/' removed). With the conversion to wide Unicode, we get the length of the path for free, and also have a (wide char) buffer that can be modified. This makes it easy to avoid that extraneous Win32 API call. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: do resolve symlinks in `getcwd()`Johannes Schindelin
As pointed out in https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1676, the `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree` command currently fails when the current directory's path contains symbolic links. The underlying reason for this bug is that `getcwd()` is supposed to resolve symbolic links, but our `mingw_getcwd()` implementation did not. We do have all the building blocks for that, though: the `GetFinalPathByHandleW()` function will resolve symbolic links. However, we only called that function if `GetLongPathNameW()` failed, for historical reasons: the latter function was supported for a long time, but the former API function was introduced only with Windows Vista, and we used to support also Windows XP. With that support having been dropped, we are free to call the symbolic link-resolving function right away. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-30Merge branch 'js/test-symlink-windows'Junio C Hamano
Prepare test suite for Git for Windows that supports symbolic links. * js/test-symlink-windows: t7800: work around the MSYS path conversion on Windows t6423: introduce Windows-specific handling for symlinking to /dev/null t1305: skip symlink tests that do not apply to Windows t1006: accommodate for symlink support in MSYS2 t0600: fix incomplete prerequisite for a test case t0301: another fix for Windows compatibility t0001: handle `diff --no-index` gracefully mingw: special-case `open(symlink, O_CREAT | O_EXCL)` apply: symbolic links lack a "trustable executable bit" t9700: accommodate for Windows paths
2025-12-23Merge branch 'tc/memzero-array'Junio C Hamano
MEMZERO_ARRAY() helper is introduced to avoid clearing only the first N bytes of an N-element array whose elements are larger than a byte. * tc/memzero-array: contrib/coccinelle: pass include paths to spatch(1) git-compat-util: introduce MEMZERO_ARRAY() macro
2025-12-18Merge branch 'js/test-symlink-windows' into js/prep-symlink-windowsJunio C Hamano
* js/test-symlink-windows: t7800: work around the MSYS path conversion on Windows t6423: introduce Windows-specific handling for symlinking to /dev/null t1305: skip symlink tests that do not apply to Windows t1006: accommodate for symlink support in MSYS2 t0600: fix incomplete prerequisite for a test case t0301: another fix for Windows compatibility t0001: handle `diff --no-index` gracefully mingw: special-case `open(symlink, O_CREAT | O_EXCL)` apply: symbolic links lack a "trustable executable bit" t9700: accommodate for Windows paths
2025-12-18mingw: special-case `open(symlink, O_CREAT | O_EXCL)`Johannes Schindelin
The `_wopen()` function would gladly follow a symbolic link to a non-existent file and create it when given above-mentioned flags. Git expects the `open()` call to fail, though. So let's add yet another work-around to pretend that Windows behaves according to POSIX, see: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904875/functions/open.html#:~:text=If%20O_CREAT%20and%20O_EXCL%20are,set%2C%20the%20result%20is%20undefined. This is required to let t4115.8(--reject removes .rej symlink if it exists) pass on Windows when enabling the MSYS2 runtime's symbolic link support. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-16Merge branch 'rs/ban-mktemp'Junio C Hamano
Rewrite the only use of "mktemp()" that is subject to TOCTOU race and Stop using the insecure "mktemp()" function. * rs/ban-mktemp: compat: remove gitmkdtemp() banned.h: ban mktemp(3) compat: remove mingw_mktemp() compat: use git_mkdtemp() wrapper: add git_mkdtemp()
2025-12-16Merge branch 'gf/win32-pthread-cond-init'Junio C Hamano
Emulation code clean-up. * gf/win32-pthread-cond-init: win32: pthread_cond_init should return a value
2025-12-11git-compat-util: introduce MEMZERO_ARRAY() macroToon Claes
Introduce a new macro MEMZERO_ARRAY() that zeroes the memory allocated by ALLOC_ARRAY() and friends. And add coccinelle rule to enforce the use of this macro. Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-07compat: remove gitmkdtemp()René Scharfe
gitmkdtemp() has become a trivial wrapper around git_mkdtemp(). Remove this now unnecessary layer of indirection. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-07compat: remove mingw_mktemp()René Scharfe
Remove the mktemp(3) compatibility function now that its last caller was removed by the previous commit. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-07compat: use git_mkdtemp()René Scharfe
A file might appear at the path returned by mktemp(3) before we call mkdir(2). Use the more robust git_mkdtemp() instead, which retries a number of times and doesn't need to call lstat(2). Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-30Merge branch 'jk/asan-bonanza'Junio C Hamano
Various issues detected by Asan have been corrected. * jk/asan-bonanza: t: enable ASan's strict_string_checks option fsck: avoid parse_timestamp() on buffer that isn't NUL-terminated fsck: remove redundant date timestamp check fsck: avoid strcspn() in fsck_ident() fsck: assert newline presence in fsck_ident() cache-tree: avoid strtol() on non-string buffer Makefile: turn on NO_MMAP when building with ASan pack-bitmap: handle name-hash lookups in incremental bitmaps compat/mmap: mark unused argument in git_munmap()
2025-11-26Merge branch 'gf/win32-pthread-cond-wait-err'Junio C Hamano
Emulation code clean-up. * gf/win32-pthread-cond-wait-err: win32: return error if SleepConditionVariableCS fails
2025-11-26Merge branch 'js/mingw-assign-comma-fix'Junio C Hamano
The "return errno = EFOO, -1" construct, which is heavily used in compat/mingw.c and triggers warnings under "-Wcomma", has been rewritten to avoid the warnings. * js/mingw-assign-comma-fix: mingw: avoid the comma operator
2025-11-20win32: pthread_cond_init should return a valueGreg Funni
This value is not checked, but it must return to match POSIX Signed-off-by: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-20win32: return error if SleepConditionVariableCS failsGreg Funni
If it fails, return an error. Signed-off-by: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-18compat/mmap: mark unused argument in git_munmap()Jeff King
Our mmap compat code emulates mapping by using malloc/free. Our git_munmap() must take a "length" parameter to match the interface of munmap(), but we don't use it (it is up to the allocator to know how big the block is in free()). Let's mark it as UNUSED to avoid complaints from -Wunused-parameter. Otherwise you cannot build with "make DEVELOPER=1 NO_MMAP=1". Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-17mingw: avoid the comma operatorJohannes Schindelin
The pattern `return errno = ..., -1;` is observed several times in `compat/mingw.c`. It has served us well over the years, but now clang starts complaining: compat/mingw.c:723:24: error: possible misuse of comma operator here [-Werror,-Wcomma] 723 | return errno = ENOSYS, -1; | ^ See for example this failing workflow run: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-sdk-arm64/actions/runs/15457893907/job/43513458823#step:8:201 Let's appease clang (and also reduce the use of the no longer common comma operator). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-10-09mingw: order `#include`s alphabeticallyJohannes Schindelin
It allows for more consistent patches that way. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-10-09mingw: avoid relative `#include`sJohannes Schindelin
We want to make them relative to the top-level directory. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-08-04Merge branch 'js/mingw-fixes'Junio C Hamano
Windows fixes. * js/mingw-fixes: mingw: support Windows Server 2016 again mingw_rename: support ReFS on Windows 2022 mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-around mingw_open_existing: handle directories better
2025-08-04Merge branch 'ps/config-wo-the-repository'Junio C Hamano
The config API had a set of convenience wrapper functions that implicitly use the_repository instance; they have been removed and inlined at the calling sites. * ps/config-wo-the-repository: (21 commits) config: fix sign comparison warnings config: move Git config parsing into "environment.c" config: remove unused `the_repository` wrappers config: drop `git_config_set_multivar()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_multivar_gently()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_set_in_file_gently()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_set()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_set_gently()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_set_in_file()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_bool()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_ulong()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_int()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_string_multi()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_get()` wrapper config: drop `git_config_clear()` wrapper ...
2025-08-03mingw: support Windows Server 2016 againJohannes Schindelin
It was reported to the Git for Windows project that a simple `git init` fails on Windows Server 2016: D:\Dev\test> git init error: could not write config file D:/Dev/test/.git/config: Function not implemented fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0' According to https://endoflife.date/windows-server, Windows Server 2016 is officially supported for another one-and-a-half years as of time of writing, so this is not good. The culprit is the `mingw_rename()` changes that try to use POSIX semantics when available, but fail to fall back properly on Windows Server 2016. This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5695. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-08-03mingw_rename: support ReFS on Windows 2022Johannes Schindelin
ReFS is an alternative filesystem to NTFS. On Windows 2022, it seems not to support the rename operation using POSIX semantics that Git uses on Windows as of 391bceae4350 (compat/mingw: support POSIX semantics for atomic renames, 2024-10-27). However, Windows 2022 reports `ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED` in this instance. This is in contrast to `ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER` (as previous Windows versions would report that do not support POSIX semantics in renames at all). Let's handle both errors the same: by falling back to the best-effort option, namely to rename without POSIX semantics. This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5427 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-08-03mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-aroundJohannes Schindelin
In ac33519ddfa8 (mingw: restrict file handle inheritance only on Windows 7 and later, 2019-11-22), I introduced code to safe-guard the defense-in-depth handling that restricts handles' inheritance so that it would work with Windows 7, too. Let's revert this patch: Git for Windows dropped supporting Windows 7 (and Windows 8) directly after Git for Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version. Actually, on second thought: revert only the part that makes this handle inheritance restriction logic optional and that suggests to open a bug report if it fails, but keep the fall-back to try again without said logic: There have been a few false positives over the past few years (where the warning was triggered e.g. because Defender was still accessing a file that Git wanted to overwrite), and the fall-back logic seems to have helped occasionally in such situations. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-08-03mingw_open_existing: handle directories betterMatthias Aßhauer
CreateFileW() requires FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS to create a directory handle [1] and errors out with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED without this flag. Fall back to accessing Directory handles this way. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew#directories This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5068 Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-07-24Merge branch 'ss/compat-bswap-revamp'Junio C Hamano
Clean-up compat/bswap.h mess. * ss/compat-bswap-revamp: bswap.h: provide a built-in based version of bswap32/64 if possible bswap.h: remove optimized x86 version of bswap32/64 bswap.h: always overwrite ntohl/ ntohll macros bswap.h: define GIT_LITTLE_ENDIAN on msvc as little endian bswap.h: add support for __BYTE_ORDER__
2025-07-23config: drop `git_config_set()` wrapperPatrick Steinhardt
In 036876a1067 (config: hide functions using `the_repository` by default, 2024-08-13) we have moved around a bunch of functions in the config subsystem that depend on `the_repository`. Those function have been converted into mere wrappers around their equivalent function that takes in a repository as parameter, and the intent was that we'll eventually remove those wrappers to make the dependency on the global repository variable explicit at the callsite. Follow through with that intent and remove `git_config_set()`. All callsites are adjusted so that they use `repo_config_set(the_repository, ...)` instead. While some callsites might already have a repository available, this mechanical conversion is the exact same as the current situation and thus cannot cause any regression. Those sites should eventually be cleaned up in a later patch series. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-07-23config: drop `git_config_get_bool()` wrapperPatrick Steinhardt
In 036876a1067 (config: hide functions using `the_repository` by default, 2024-08-13) we have moved around a bunch of functions in the config subsystem that depend on `the_repository`. Those function have been converted into mere wrappers around their equivalent function that takes in a repository as parameter, and the intent was that we'll eventually remove those wrappers to make the dependency on the global repository variable explicit at the callsite. Follow through with that intent and remove `git_config_get_bool()`. All callsites are adjusted so that they use `repo_config_get_bool(the_repository, ...)` instead. While some callsites might already have a repository available, this mechanical conversion is the exact same as the current situation and thus cannot cause any regression. Those sites should eventually be cleaned up in a later patch series. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-07-15bswap.h: provide a built-in based version of bswap32/64 if possibleSebastian Andrzej Siewior
The compiler is in general able to recognize the endian shift and replace it with an optimized opcode if possible. On certain architectures such as RiscV or MIPS the situation can get complicated. They don't provide an optimized opcode and masking the "higher" bits may required loading a constant which needs shifting. This causes the compiler to emit a lot of instructions for the operation. The provided builtin directive on these architecture calls a function which does the operation instead of emitting the code for operation. Bring back the change from commit 6547d1c9 (bswap.h: add support for built-in bswap functions, 2025-04-23). The bswap32/64 macro can now be defined unconditionally so it won't regress on big endian architectures. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-07-15bswap.h: remove optimized x86 version of bswap32/64Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
On x86 the bswap32/64 macro is implemented based on the x86 opcode which performs the required shifting in just one opcode. The other CPUs fallback to the generic shifting as implemented by default_swab32() and default_bswap64() if needed. I've been looking at how good a compiler is at recognizing the default shift and emitting an optimized operation: - x86, arm64 msvc v19.20 default_swab32() optimized default_bswap64() shifts _byteswap_uint64() optimized - x86, arm64 msvc v19.37 default_swab32() optimized default_bswap64() optimized _byteswap_uint64() optimized - arm64, gcc-4.9.4: optimized - x86-64, gcc-4.4.7: shifts - x86-64, gcc-4.5.3: optimized - x86-64, clang-3.0: optimized Given that gcc-4.5 and clang-3.0 are fairly old, any recent compiler should recognize the shift. Remove the optimized x86 version and rely on the compiler. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>