# HG changeset patch
# User Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
# Date 1692555304 -7200
# Node ID 397ff31692483638bb7f8a8ed147008a8e01f09a
# Parent  0305a7f2b8749e004ab0bd18c45aa636f205eb0f
patch 9.0.1769: executable() ignoring symlinks on Windows

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f5d0f54790fa86dfe73b428a087c8d8e6f391857
Author: AmberArr <me@frost.moe>
Date:   Sun Aug 20 20:03:45 2023 +0200

    patch 9.0.1769: executable() ignoring symlinks on Windows

    Problem:  executable() ignoring symlinks on Windows
    Solution: resolve reparse points

    closes: #12562

    Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
    Co-authored-by: AmberArr <me@frost.moe>

diff --git a/src/os_mswin.c b/src/os_mswin.c
--- a/src/os_mswin.c
+++ b/src/os_mswin.c
@@ -1775,7 +1775,11 @@ is_reparse_point_included(LPCWSTR fname)
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-    static char_u *
+/*
+ * Return the resolved file path, NULL if "fname" is an AppExecLink reparse
+ * point, already fully resolved, or it doesn't exists.
+ */
+    char_u *
 resolve_reparse_point(char_u *fname)
 {
     HANDLE	    h = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -2721,6 +2721,8 @@ executable_file(char *name, char_u **pat
     {
 	char_u	*res = resolve_appexeclink((char_u *)name);
 	if (res == NULL)
+	    res = resolve_reparse_point((char_u *)name);
+	if (res == NULL)
 	    return FALSE;
 	// The path is already absolute.
 	if (path != NULL)
diff --git a/src/proto/os_mswin.pro b/src/proto/os_mswin.pro
--- a/src/proto/os_mswin.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_mswin.pro
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int mch_print_text_out(char_u *p, int le
 void mch_print_set_font(int iBold, int iItalic, int iUnderline);
 void mch_print_set_bg(long_u bgcol);
 void mch_print_set_fg(long_u fgcol);
+char_u *resolve_reparse_point(char_u *fname);
 char_u *mch_resolve_path(char_u *fname, int reparse_point);
 void win32_set_foreground(void);
 void serverInitMessaging(void);
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
--- a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -1818,6 +1818,10 @@ func Test_Executable()
     let [pathext, $PATHEXT] = [$PATHEXT, '.com;.exe;.bat;.cmd']
     call assert_equal(notepadbat, exepath('notepad'))
     let $PATHEXT = pathext
+    " check for symbolic link
+    execute 'silent !mklink np.bat "' .. notepadbat .. '"'
+    call assert_equal(1, executable('./np.bat'))
+    call assert_equal(1, executable('./np'))
     bwipe
     eval 'Xnotedir'->delete('rf')
   elseif has('unix')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1769,
+/**/
     1768,
 /**/
     1767,