Detect symlink creation capability on Windows #617
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Explicitly detects the presence of Developer mode or the ability to enable
SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege
, and errors immediately upon running any command that potentially fetches dependencies (build
,install
,lock
,outdated
,run
,update
). This reduces the chances of leaving thelib
directory in an incomplete state in the middle of those commands.The old exception handler for symlink failures is now gone; if an unhandled exception shows up, that means this PR is not exhaustive enough.