Re: [PATCH] simple-ipc: work around issues with Cygwin's Unix socket emulation

On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 17:11, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref]
writes:

quoted

From: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>

Cygwin emulates Unix sockets by writing files with custom contents and
then marking them as system files.

The tricky problem is that while the file is written and its `system`
bit is set, it is still identified as a file. This caused test failures
when Git is too fast looking for the Unix sockets and then complains
that there is a plain file in the way.

Let's work around this by adding a delayed retry loop, specifically for
Cygwin.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>
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OK, I was about to ask for an Ack from Cygwin folks but I see the
original that got Ack is more-or-less the same except for placement
of the comments (and this version of course is more polished than
the "this should work---please try it" version), so let me pretend
that this got tested-by from those who were happy with the original
in the old thread.

Late to the party – other bits of life got in the way – but I've just
confirmed this appears to resolve the issue for me too.

Adam