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 git-for-windows#958 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
orgads · Jun 14, 2018 · a7a21cd · a7a21cd
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diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2643,12 +2643,6 @@ 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;