From bbd34d245e64071fde317466294698fe0ce73409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?John=20K=C3=A5re=20Alsaker?= <john.kare.alsaker@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:27:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use `symlink_dir` to create junctions on Windows instead of
 trying to use symbolic links in `copy_link_internal`

---
 src/bootstrap/src/core/session.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/session.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/session.rs
index 3e6668258c641..92ec80f94964f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/session.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/session.rs
@@ -1606,7 +1606,11 @@ impl Build {
                 metadata = t!(fs::metadata(&src), format!("target = {}", src.display()));
             } else {
                 let link = t!(fs::read_link(src));
-                t!(self.symlink_file(link, dst));
+                if t!(link.metadata()).is_dir() {
+                    t!(symlink_dir(&self.config, &link, dst));
+                } else {
+                    t!(self.symlink_file(link, dst));
+                }
                 return;
             }
         }