Can't run playground preserve-symlinks on windows

[beicause]

Describe the bug

when I run test or vite in preserve-symlinks directory, a syntax error occurs in linked.js and build fails.

Reproduction

this repository, run pnpm dev in packages/playground/preserve-symlinks

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19041
    CPU: (16) x64 AMD Ryzen 7 4800U with Radeon Graphics
    Memory: 7.51 GB / 14.87 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.10.0 - D:\ide\node\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 8.0.0 - D:\ide\node\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Spartan (44.19041.1023.0), Chromium (94.0.992.38)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1202

Used Package Manager

pnpm

Logs

vite:config no config file found. +0ms
  vite:config using resolved config: {
  vite:config   root: 'D:/code/WebstromProjects/vite/packages/playground/preserve-symlinks',
  vite:config   base: '/',
  vite:config   mode: 'development',
  vite:config   configFile: undefined,
  vite:config   logLevel: undefined,
  vite:config   clearScreen: undefined,
  vite:config   server: { force: true, fs: { strict: undefined, allow: [Array] } },
  vite:config   configFileDependencies: [],
  vite:config   inlineConfig: {
  vite:config     root: undefined,
  vite:config     base: undefined,
  vite:config     mode: undefined,
  vite:config     configFile: undefined,
  vite:config     logLevel: undefined,
  vite:config     clearScreen: undefined,
  vite:config     server: { force: true, fs: [Object] }
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   resolve: { dedupe: undefined, alias: [ [Object], [Object] ] },
  vite:config   publicDir: 'D:\\code\\WebstromProjects\\vite\\packages\\playground\\preserve-symlinks\\public',
  vite:config   cacheDir: 'D:\\code\\WebstromProjects\\vite\\packages\\playground\\preserve-symlinks\\node_modules\\.vite',
  vite:config   command: 'serve',
  vite:config   isProduction: false,
  vite:config   plugins: [
  vite:config     'vite:pre-alias',
  vite:config     'alias',
  vite:config     'vite:modulepreload-polyfill',
  vite:config     'vite:resolve',
  vite:config     'vite:html-inline-script-proxy',
  vite:config     'vite:css',
  vite:config     'vite:esbuild',
  vite:config     'vite:json',
  vite:config     'vite:wasm',
  vite:config     'vite:worker',
  vite:config     'vite:asset',
  vite:config     'vite:define',
  vite:config     'vite:css-post',
  vite:config     'vite:client-inject',
  vite:config     'vite:import-analysis'
  vite:config   ],
  vite:config   build: {
  vite:config     target: [ 'es2019', 'edge88', 'firefox78', 'chrome87', 'safari13.1' ],
  vite:config     polyfillModulePreload: true,
  vite:config     outDir: 'dist',
  vite:config     assetsDir: 'assets',
  vite:config     assetsInlineLimit: 4096,
  vite:config     cssCodeSplit: true,
  vite:config     sourcemap: false,
  vite:config     rollupOptions: {},
  vite:config     minify: 'esbuild',
  vite:config     terserOptions: {},
  vite:config     write: true,
  vite:config     emptyOutDir: null,
  vite:config     manifest: false,
  vite:config     lib: false,
  vite:config     ssr: false,
  vite:config     ssrManifest: false,
  vite:config     reportCompressedSize: true,
  vite:config     chunkSizeWarningLimit: 500,
  vite:config     watch: null,
  vite:config     commonjsOptions: { include: [Array], extensions: [Array] },
  vite:config     dynamicImportVarsOptions: { warnOnError: true, exclude: [Array] }
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   env: { BASE_URL: '/', MODE: 'development', DEV: true, PROD: false },
  vite:config   assetsInclude: [Function: assetsInclude],
  vite:config   logger: {
  vite:config     hasWarned: false,
  vite:config     info: [Function: info],
  vite:config     warn: [Function: warn],
  vite:config     warnOnce: [Function: warnOnce],
  vite:config     error: [Function: error],
  vite:config     clearScreen: [Function: clearScreen],
  vite:config     hasErrorLogged: [Function: hasErrorLogged]
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   createResolver: [Function: createResolver],
  vite:config   optimizeDeps: {
  vite:config     esbuildOptions: { keepNames: undefined, preserveSymlinks: undefined }
  vite:config   }
  vite:config } +6ms
  vite:deps Crawling dependencies using entries:
  vite:deps   D:/code/WebstromProjects/vite/packages/playground/preserve-symlinks/index.html +0ms
  vite:resolve 1.04ms /src/main.js -> D:/code/WebstromProjects/vite/packages/playground/preserve-symlinks/src/main.js +0ms
  vite:resolve 4.12ms @symlinks/moduleA -> D:/code/WebstromProjects/vite/packages/playground/preserve-symlinks/moduleA/linked.js +7ms
 > moduleA/linked.js:1:0: error: Unexpected "."
    1 │ ./src/index.js
      ╵ ^

error when starting dev server:
Error: Build failed with 1 error:
moduleA/linked.js:1:0: error: Unexpected "."
    at failureErrorWithLog (D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:1493:15)
    at D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:1151:28
    at runOnEndCallbacks (D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:941:63)
    at buildResponseToResult (D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:1149:7)
    at D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:1258:14
    at D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:629:9
    at handleIncomingPacket (D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:726:9)
    at Socket.readFromStdout (D:\code\WebstromProjects\vite\node_modules\.pnpm\esbuild@0.13.2\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:596:7)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)

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[dominikg]

what's the output of git config core.symlinks in your vite clone?

Got the same error on a windows VM and found that somehow i had core.symlinks false.

to fix it, run the following after you commited/stashed any unsaved changes

git config core.symlinks true
git reset --hard HEAD