When 'Remove-Item' is used to remove a symbolic link in Windows, only the link itself is removed. The '-Force' switch is no longer required.
If the directory pointed to by the link has child items, the cmdlet no longer prompts the user to remove the child items---those child items are not removed. The '-Recurse' switch, if given, is ignored.
This brings 'Remove-Item' more in line with the behavior of the 'rm' command on Unix.
Rather than relying on case-insensitive string compares of source and destination paths, use operating system calls to determine whether two paths refer to the same file. This solves not only the case-insensitivity issue but also allows the cmdlet to operate properly if the destination is a hard or symbolic link to the source.
The Windows side is implemented in C#. The Unix side is implemented partially in native code.
* Refactoring ParsePathCommand.cs (SplitPathCommand) for readability
- Using auto properties when no when there is no logic in getter/setter
- Removing unused code
- Removing redundant qualifiers
- Removing Redundant initializers
* Add -Extension and -Leafbase switches to Split-Path cmdlet
- Extension and LeafBase are specializations of Leaf, and uses System.IO.Path.GetExtension and System.IO.Path.GetFilenameWithoutExtension to extract parts from the Leaf
* Adding tests for Split-Path -LeafBase and Split-Path -Extension
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