mingw: support Windows Server 2016 again#5700
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It was reported to the Git for Windows project that a simple `git init` fails on Windows Server 2016: D:\Dev\test> git init error: could not write config file D:/Dev/test/.git/config: Function not implemented fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0' According to https://endoflife.date/windows-server, Windows Server 2016 is officially supported for another one-and-a-half years as of time of writing, so this is not good. The culprit is the `mingw_rename()` changes that try to use POSIX semantics when available, but fail to fall back properly on Windows Server 2016. This fixes git-for-windows#5695. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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* Cloning: large repositories via SSH frequently hung with Git for Windows v2.50.0 git-for-windows/git#5688 fixed in git-for-windows/msys2-runtime#103 * In: Git for Windows v2.50.0, operations using the POSIX emulation layer (cloning via SSH, generating the Bash prompt) cannot be interrupted by Ctrl+C, fixed in git-for-windows/msys2-runtime#104 * Git: for Windows v2.50.0 is unable to initialize Git repositories on Windows Server 2016 git-for-windows/git#5695), fixed in git-for-windows/git#5700
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It was reported to the Git for Windows project that a simple
git initfails on Windows Server 2016:According to https://endoflife.date/windows-server, Windows Server 2016 is officially supported for another one-and-a-half years as of time of writing, so this is not good.
The culprit is the
mingw_rename()changes that try to use POSIX semantics when available, but fail to fall back properly on Windows Server 2016.This fixes #5695.