[PATCH 1/1] mingw: use `CreateHardLink()` directly

[Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget]

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>

The function `CreateHardLink()` is available in all supported Windows
versions (even since Windows XP), so there is no more need to resolve it
at runtime.

Helped-by: Max Kirillov <m...@max630.net>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 14 +-------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 3b44dd99d7..fdcf946275 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2084,24 +2084,12 @@ int mingw_raise(int sig)
 
 int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 {
-       typedef BOOL (WINAPI *T)(LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
-       static T create_hard_link = NULL;
        wchar_t woldpath[MAX_PATH], wnewpath[MAX_PATH];
        if (xutftowcs_path(woldpath, oldpath) < 0 ||
                xutftowcs_path(wnewpath, newpath) < 0)
                return -1;
 
-       if (!create_hard_link) {
-               create_hard_link = (T) GetProcAddress(
-                       GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "CreateHardLinkW");
-               if (!create_hard_link)
-                       create_hard_link = (T)-1;
-       }
-       if (create_hard_link == (T)-1) {
-               errno = ENOSYS;
-               return -1;
-       }
-       if (!create_hard_link(wnewpath, woldpath, NULL)) {
+       if (!CreateHardLinkW(wnewpath, woldpath, NULL)) {
                errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
                return -1;
        }
-- 
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