ci(portability): switch on 8.3 names for the Windows test TEMP (#487)

D: made no short names (run 40922502209 logged the long spelling), so
the step now switches them on for D: before it creates the folder, and
warns when the folder still has no short name.

.github/workflows/portability.yml

@@ -57,14 +57,17 @@ jobs:
       # databases under TEMP, so it moves to a folder on D: (measured in #487,
       # run 40915866444). The runner's TEMP was an 8.3 short name
       # (C:\Users\RUNNER~1\...), so the new one is spelled by its short name too
-      # when the disk has them, and paths still have to be resolved.
+      # and paths still have to be resolved. D: makes no short names by default
+      # (run 40922502209), so they are switched on for it first.
       - name: Keep test files on the work disk (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
+          fsutil 8dot3name set D: 0
           $folder = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path (Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP "PromptManagerTests")
           $short = (New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject).GetFolder($folder.FullName).ShortPath
           Write-Output "test TEMP: $short (long name $($folder.FullName))"
+          if ($short -eq $folder.FullName) { Write-Output "::warning::D: gave the test TEMP no 8.3 short name" }
           "TEMP=$short" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
           "TMP=$short" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
 

TESTING.md

@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@ the process exits non-zero.
 - On the Windows runners `TEMP` sits on the OS disk C:, where a flush took about
   6 ms and a test database's create-to-delete about 111 ms (D: 0.5 ms and 23 ms,
   macOS 19 ms). `portability.yml` points `TEMP`/`TMP` at a folder under
-  `RUNNER_TEMP` on D: before the suite, spelled by its 8.3 short name when D:
-  has them (the runner's own TEMP was `C:\Users\RUNNER~1\...`), and logs it.
+  `RUNNER_TEMP` on D: before the suite. It switches 8.3 short names on for D:
+  and spells the folder by its short name, as the runner's own TEMP was
+  (`C:\Users\RUNNER~1\...`), logs it, and warns when there is none.
   A test that waits on a fixed busy timeout, a network name (`\\server\share`:
   use `\\localhost\<missing share>`) or a default TLS context (it reads the
   Windows certificate store) costs seconds there; the slowest list shows it.