Convert symlinks to hardlinks on windows

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       architecture: 'x64'
 
   - script: |
+      powershell.exe scripts/symlinks-to-hardlinks.ps1
       "C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\curl.exe" -sSf -o rustup-init.exe https://win.rustup.rs/
       .\rustup-init.exe -y
       set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin

scripts/symlinks-to-hardlinks.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env powershell
+git ls-files -s | Select-String '^120000' | ConvertFrom-String -PropertyNames Get-Content,Hash,_,Path | ForEach-Object {
+  $symlink = $_.Path
+
+  git checkout --quiet -- $symlink
+  if (Test-Path $symlink -PathType Leaf) {
+    $parent = (Get-Item $symlink).Directory
+  } else {
+    $parent = (Get-Item $symlink).Parent
+  }
+  $child = (Get-Content $symlink)
+
+  $src = (Join-Path -Path $parent -ChildPath $child)
+
+  if (Test-Path $src -PathType Leaf) {
+    Remove-Item $symlink
+    New-Item -ItemType HardLink -Name $symlink -Value $src
+  } elseif (Test-Path $src -PathType Container) {
+    Remove-Item $symlink
+    New-Item -ItemType Junction -Name $symlink -Value $src
+  } else {
+    Write-Error 'error: git-rm-symlink: Not a valid source\n'
+    Write-Error '$symlink =/=> $src...'
+    return
+  }
+
+  git update-index --assume-unchanged $symlink
+}