This is ridiculous

Author: savetheclocktower

src/git.js

@@ -53,7 +53,23 @@ function pathsAreEqual (pathA, pathB, caseInsensitive = false) {
     pathB = pathB.toLowerCase();
   }
 
-  return pathA === pathB;
+  let result = pathA === pathB;
+  if (result || !IS_WINDOWS) return result;
+  if (!pathA.includes('~') && !pathB.includes('~')) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // If we get this far, we're on Windows and comparing two paths, at least one
+  // of which contains an 8.3 short name. The only obvious and reliable way to
+  // address this is to `statSync` both paths and verify their IDs are the
+  // same.
+  if (!fs.existsSync(pathA) || !fs.existsSync(pathB)) {
+    return result;
+  }
+  let statA = fs.statSync(pathA);
+  let statB = fs.statSync(pathB);
+
+  return statA.ino === statB.ino && statA.dev === statB.dev;
 }
 
 Repository.prototype.release = function () {
@@ -259,7 +275,8 @@ Repository.prototype.isWorkingDirectory = function (dirPath) {
     }
     dirPath = normalizePath(realpath(dirPath))
     console.log('normalized dirPath to', dirPath)
-    if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) return false
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
+      return false
   } else {
     dirPath = normalizePath(dirPath)
   }
@@ -361,6 +378,7 @@ function promisify (fn) {
 }
 
 function realpath (unrealPath) {
+  console.log('realpath for:', unrealPath);
   try {
     return fs.realpathSync(unrealPath)
   } catch (e) {