mingw: make readlink() independent of core.symlinks

Regardless whether we think we are able to create symbolic links, we should always read them. This fixes #958 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
git-for-windows · Nov 29, 2016 · bb9eb01 · bb9eb01
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diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2634,12 +2634,6 @@ int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
 	char tmpbuf[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	int len;
 
-	/* fail if symlinks are disabled */
-	if (!has_symlinks) {
-		errno = ENOSYS;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, path) < 0)
 		return -1;