fix: avoid resolving windows junctions

crates/pet-fs/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 msvc_spectre_libs = { version = "0.1.1", features = ["error"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = [
+    "Win32_Foundation",
+    "Win32_Storage_FileSystem",
+] }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.21"

crates/pet-fs/src/path.rs

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
-// Similar to fs::canonicalize, but ignores UNC paths and returns the path as is (for windows).
-// Usefulfor windows to ensure we have the paths in the right casing.
+// Similar to fs::canonicalize, but does not resolve junctions/symlinks on Windows.
+// Useful for Windows to ensure we have the paths in the right casing.
 // For unix, this is a noop.
 pub fn norm_case<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> PathBuf {
     // On unix do not use canonicalize, results in weird issues with homebrew paths
@@ -18,29 +18,151 @@ pub fn norm_case<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> PathBuf {
     return path.as_ref().to_path_buf();
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    use std::fs;
+    {
+        // Use GetLongPathNameW to normalize case without resolving junctions/symlinks
+        // This preserves user-provided paths when they go through junctions
+        // (e.g., Windows Store Python, user junctions from C: to S: drive)
+        get_long_path_name(path.as_ref()).unwrap_or_else(|| path.as_ref().to_path_buf())
+    }
+}
 
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    if let Ok(resolved) = fs::canonicalize(&path) {
-        if cfg!(unix) {
-            return resolved;
-        }
-        // Windows specific handling, https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42869
-        let has_unc_prefix = path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().starts_with(r"\\?\");
-        if resolved.to_string_lossy().starts_with(r"\\?\") && !has_unc_prefix {
-            // If the resolved path has a UNC prefix, but the original path did not,
-            // we need to remove the UNC prefix.
-            PathBuf::from(resolved.to_string_lossy().trim_start_matches(r"\\?\"))
-        } else {
-            resolved
+/// Uses Windows GetLongPathNameW API to normalize path casing
+/// without resolving symlinks or junctions.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn get_long_path_name(path: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    use std::ffi::OsString;
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Storage::FileSystem::GetLongPathNameW;
+
+    // Convert path to wide string (null-terminated)
+    let wide_path: Vec<u16> = path
+        .as_os_str()
+        .encode_wide()
+        .chain(std::iter::once(0))
+        .collect();
+
+    // First call to get required buffer size
+    let required_len = unsafe { GetLongPathNameW(wide_path.as_ptr(), std::ptr::null_mut(), 0) };
+    if required_len == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // Allocate buffer and get the long path name
+    let mut buffer: Vec<u16> = vec![0; required_len as usize];
+    let result = unsafe { GetLongPathNameW(wide_path.as_ptr(), buffer.as_mut_ptr(), required_len) };
+
+    if result == 0 || result > required_len {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // Trim the null terminator and convert back to PathBuf
+    buffer.truncate(result as usize);
+    Some(PathBuf::from(OsString::from_wide(&buffer)))
+}
+
+/// Checks if the given path is a Windows junction (mount point).
+/// Junctions are directory reparse points with IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT.
+/// Returns false on non-Windows platforms or if the path is a regular symlink.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn is_junction<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> bool {
+    use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+    use std::os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+    use std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Storage::FileSystem::{
+        FileAttributeTagInfo, GetFileInformationByHandleEx, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT,
+        FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT,
+    };
+
+    const IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT: u32 = 0xA0000003;
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO {
+        file_attributes: u32,
+        reparse_tag: u32,
+    }
+
+    // Check if it's a reparse point first using metadata
+    let metadata = match std::fs::symlink_metadata(&path) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+
+    // Use file_attributes to check for reparse point
+    use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
+    let attrs = metadata.file_attributes();
+    if attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT == 0 {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Open the file/directory to get the reparse tag
+    let file = match OpenOptions::new()
+        .read(true)
+        .custom_flags(FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT)
+        .open(&path)
+    {
+        Ok(f) => f,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+
+    let handle = file.as_raw_handle();
+    if handle as isize == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE as isize {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let mut tag_info = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO {
+        file_attributes: 0,
+        reparse_tag: 0,
+    };
+
+    let success = unsafe {
+        GetFileInformationByHandleEx(
+            handle as *mut _,
+            FileAttributeTagInfo,
+            &mut tag_info as *mut _ as *mut _,
+            std::mem::size_of::<FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO>() as u32,
+        )
+    };
+
+    if success == 0 {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT indicates a junction
+    tag_info.reparse_tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+pub fn is_junction<P: AsRef<Path>>(_path: P) -> bool {
+    // Junctions only exist on Windows
+    false
+}
+
+/// Checks if any component of the given path traverses through a junction.
+/// This is useful for determining if a path was accessed via a junction.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn path_contains_junction<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> bool {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+    let mut current = PathBuf::new();
+
+    for component in path.components() {
+        current.push(component);
+        if current.exists() && is_junction(&current) {
+            return true;
         }
-    } else {
-        path.as_ref().to_path_buf()
     }
+    false
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+pub fn path_contains_junction<P: AsRef<Path>>(_path: P) -> bool {
+    false
 }
 
 // Resolves symlinks to the real file.
 // If the real file == exe, then it is not a symlink.
+// Note: Windows junctions are NOT resolved - only true symlinks are resolved.
+// This preserves user-provided paths that traverse through junctions.
 pub fn resolve_symlink<T: AsRef<Path>>(exe: &T) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let name = exe.as_ref().file_name()?.to_string_lossy();
     // In bin directory of homebrew, we have files like python-build, python-config, python3-config
@@ -58,6 +180,22 @@ pub fn resolve_symlink<T: AsRef<Path>>(exe: &T) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     if metadata.is_file() || !metadata.file_type().is_symlink() {
         return None;
     }
+
+    // On Windows, check if this is a junction - we don't want to resolve junctions
+    // as they may point to system-only locations (e.g., Windows Store Python)
+    // or the user may have set up junctions intentionally to map drives.
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    if is_junction(exe) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // Also check if any parent directory is a junction - if so, don't resolve
+    // as the user's path should be preserved.
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    if path_contains_junction(exe) {
+        return None;
+    }
+
     if let Ok(readlink) = std::fs::canonicalize(exe) {
         if readlink == exe.as_ref().to_path_buf() {
             None
@@ -107,3 +245,101 @@ fn get_user_home() -> Option<PathBuf> {
         Err(_) => None,
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_norm_case_returns_path_unchanged_on_nonexistent() {
+        // For non-existent paths, norm_case should return the original path
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/nonexistent/path/to/python");
+        let result = norm_case(&path);
+        assert_eq!(result, path);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_junction_returns_false_for_regular_file() {
+        // Create a temp file and verify it's not detected as a junction
+        let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let test_file = temp_dir.join("test_junction_check.txt");
+        std::fs::write(&test_file, "test").ok();
+
+        assert!(!is_junction(&test_file));
+
+        // Cleanup
+        std::fs::remove_file(&test_file).ok();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_junction_returns_false_for_regular_directory() {
+        // Regular directories should not be detected as junctions
+        let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        assert!(!is_junction(&temp_dir));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_junction_returns_false_for_nonexistent_path() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/nonexistent/path");
+        assert!(!is_junction(&path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_path_contains_junction_returns_false_for_regular_path() {
+        // Regular paths should not be detected as containing junctions
+        let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        assert!(!path_contains_junction(&temp_dir));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_path_contains_junction_returns_false_for_nonexistent_path() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/nonexistent/path/to/file");
+        assert!(!path_contains_junction(&path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_resolve_symlink_returns_none_for_regular_file() {
+        // Create a temp file named python_test to pass the name filter
+        let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let test_file = temp_dir.join("python_test");
+        std::fs::write(&test_file, "test").ok();
+
+        // Regular files should not be resolved as symlinks
+        assert!(resolve_symlink(&test_file).is_none());
+
+        // Cleanup
+        std::fs::remove_file(&test_file).ok();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_resolve_symlink_skips_config_files() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/python-config");
+        assert!(resolve_symlink(&path).is_none());
+
+        let path2 = PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/python-build");
+        assert!(resolve_symlink(&path2).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_resolve_symlink_skips_non_python_files() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/ruby");
+        assert!(resolve_symlink(&path).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_norm_case_is_noop_on_unix() {
+        // On Unix, norm_case should return the path unchanged
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/python3");
+        let result = norm_case(&path);
+        assert_eq!(result, path);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_junction_always_false_on_unix() {
+        // Junctions don't exist on Unix
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/usr/bin");
+        assert!(!is_junction(&path));
+    }
+}