Use hardlinks for portable aliases without renaming originals - #6308

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Commits on Jun 21, 2026

Use hardlinks for aliasing in portable installations

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Add spelling allowlist entries for hardlinks and pathing

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Fix whitespace
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Commits on Jun 23, 2026

Ensure cleanup of path with uninstalls and upgrades
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Merge remote tracking branch upstream/master
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Commits on Jun 29, 2026

Fix whitespace
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Commits on Jul 3, 2026

Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into HardlinkAliases
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Don't have CreateHardlink remove files
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Add Trailing Comma
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Remove unnecessary moves
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Use existing variable instead of re-parsing filename
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Store computed hashes for lookup
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Fold hardlink into File case
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Address stylecop issue
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Commits on Jul 10, 2026

Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into HardlinkAliases
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Commits on Jul 16, 2026

Merge remote tracking branch upstream/master
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Restore test that was removed
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Fix E2E tests from NUnit Upgrade
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Commits on Aug 6, 2026