DO NOT MERGE: Try removing cygpath from run-make

Author: ChrisDenton

src/tools/run-make-support/src/external_deps/cygpath.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use crate::command::Command;
-
 /// Use `cygpath -w` on a path to get a Windows path string back. This assumes that `cygpath` is
 /// available on the platform!
 ///
@@ -19,18 +17,7 @@ use crate::command::Command;
 /// > -- *from [cygpath documentation](https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygpath.html)*.
 #[track_caller]
 #[must_use]
+// FIXME: If try job succeeds, remove this function entirely.
 pub fn get_windows_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> String {
-    // If the path looks unixy then use cygpath otherwise return it unchanged.
-    // If cygpath fails then fallback to just using the path as given.
-    if path.as_ref().starts_with("/") {
-        let mut cygpath = Command::new("cygpath");
-        cygpath.arg("-w");
-        cygpath.arg(path.as_ref());
-        let output = cygpath.run();
-        if output.status().success() {
-            // cygpath -w can attach a newline
-            return output.stdout_utf8().trim().to_string();
-        }
-    }
     path.as_ref().to_str().unwrap().into()
 }