File symlink = maybeResolveCygwinSymlink(symlinkCandidate);
            if (symlink != null) {
                return symlink;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private File maybeResolveCygwinSymlink(File symlink) throws IOException {
        if (!symlink.isFile()) {
            return null;
        }
        if (symlink.length() <= 11) {
            return null;

    }

    /**
     * Returns if symlinks should be followed when doing a delete.
     *
     * @return true if symlinks will be followed.
     */
    @Input
    public boolean isFollowSymlinks() {
        return followSymlinks;
    }

    /**
     * Set if symlinks should be followed. If the platform doesn't support symlinks, then this will have no effect.
     *

    def symlink = Stub(Symlink)
    def fileMetadataAccessor = Stub(FileMetadataAccessor)
    def statistics = Mock(StatStatistics.Collector)
    def fileSystemFactory = new GenericFileSystem.Factory(fileMetadataAccessor, statistics, TestFiles.tmpDirTemporaryFileProvider(temporaryFolder.testDirectory))
    def fileSystem = fileSystemFactory.create(fileModeMutator, fileModeAccessor, symlink)

[!symlink] skip

symlink $WORK/gopath/src/sym -> $WORK/gopath/src/tree
symlink $WORK/gopath/src/tree/squirrel -> $WORK/gopath/src/dir2 # this symlink should not be followed
cd sym
go list ./...
cmp stdout $WORK/gopath/src/want_list.txt
-- tree/go.mod --
module example.com/tree

go 1.20
-- tree/tree.go --
package tree
-- tree/branch/branch.go --
package branch
-- dir2/squirrel.go --
package squirrel
-- want_list.txt --

import org.gradle.api.internal.file.temp.TemporaryFileProvider;
import org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.Symlink;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Jdk7Symlink implements Symlink {
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Jdk7Symlink.class);

        expect:
        !compatible
        unsatisfiedReason.contains "JVM is incompatible"
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "contexts with symlinked javaHome are compatible"() {
        def linkToJdk = tmp.testDirectory.file("link")
        linkToJdk.createLink(javaHome)

        assert javaHome != linkToJdk
        assert linkToJdk.exists()

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void symlink(File link, File target) {
        link.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        posixFiles.symlink(link, target.getPath());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSymlink(File suspect) {
        return posixFiles.stat(suspect).getType() == FileInfo.Type.Symlink;
    }

        delete.getTargetFiles().getFiles() == getProject().files(delete.getDelete()).getFiles()
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "can follow symlinks"() {
        given:
        def keepTxt = temporaryFolder.createFile("originalDir", "keep.txt")
        def originalDir = keepTxt.getParentFile()

	if fi.Mode()&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
		t.Errorf("%q should not be a symlink", path)
	}
}

// testIsSymlink verifies that fi refers to symlink.
func testIsSymlink(t *testing.T, path string, fi fs.FileInfo) {
	t.Helper()
	if fi.IsDir() {
		t.Errorf("%q should not be a directory", path)
	}
	if fi.Mode()&fs.ModeSymlink == 0 {
		t.Errorf("%q should be a symlink", path)
	}
}

# even when it's been moved to a different directory.
# Simulate that by creating a symlink to the tree.

# We use net instead of std because stale std has
# the behavior of checking that all std targets
# are stale rather than any of them.

[!symlink] skip
[short] skip

go build net
! stale net

symlink new -> $GOROOT
env OLDGOROOT=$GOROOT
env GOROOT=$WORK${/}gopath${/}src${/}new
go env GOROOT