assertActivation(true, profile, newContext(null, newProperties("linux", "6.5.0-1014-aws", "amd64")));
        assertActivation(false, profile, newContext(null, newProperties("windows", "6.5.0-1014-aws", "aarch64")));
    }

    @Test
    void testAllOsConditions() {
        Profile profile = newProfile(ActivationOS.newBuilder()
                .family("windows")
                .name("windows")

     */
    public static final String OS_FAMILY;

    /**
     * Boolean indicating if the running OS is a Windows system.
     */
    public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS;

    /**
     * OS family that can be tested for. {@value}
     */
    private static final String FAMILY_WINDOWS = "windows";

    /**
     * OS family that can be tested for. {@value}
     */

     */
    public static final String OS_FAMILY;

    /**
     * Boolean indicating if the running OS is a Windows system.
     */
    public static final boolean IS_WINDOWS;

    /**
     * OS family that can be tested for. {@value}
     */
    private static final String FAMILY_WINDOWS = "windows";

    /**
     * OS family that can be tested for. {@value}
     */

      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
      ( github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork )

    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
      fail-fast: false

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

                // path was already absolute, just normalize file separator and we're done
                result = file.getPath();
            } else if (file.getPath().startsWith(File.separator)) {
                // drive-relative Windows path, don't align with project directory but with drive root
                result = file.getAbsolutePath();
            } else {
                // an ordinary relative path, align with project directory

    //
    // p4 ---> p3 ---> p2 ---> p1 ---> p0 --> super model
    //
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    @Test
    @DisabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS) // need to investigate why it fails on windows
    void testProjectInheritance() throws Exception {
        File localRepo = getLocalRepositoryPath();

        System.out.println("Local repository is at: " + localRepo.getAbsolutePath());

     *       {@code {"--module-path", "dir\path1;dir\path2"}} on Windows.</li>
     *   <li>If this type was created by {@code JavaPathType.patchModule("foo.bar")}, then the method returns
     *       {@code {"--patch-module", "foo.bar=dir/path1:dir/path2"}} on Unix or
     *       {@code {"--patch-module", "foo.bar=dir\path1;dir\path2"}} on Windows.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param paths the path to format as a string

    if: github.event_name == 'push' || ( github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork )

    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
        java: [17, 21]
      fail-fast: false

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

        if (metadataFile.length() == 0) {
            if (!metadataFile.delete()) {
                // sleep for 10ms just in case this is windows holding a file lock
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(10);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // ignore
                }