[issue40732] New realpath breaks setuptools_scm

[Jason R. Coombs]

New submission from Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com>:

I've encountered an apparent regression on Python 3.8 on Windows when the current working directory is in a symlink to another volume and one runs `setup.py develop` on a project using setuptools_scm (https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/436).

I suspect the issue stems from changes in issue9949 and is likely a manifestation of the issues articulated by Eryk in issue9949#msg350138.

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components: Windows
keywords: 3.8regression
messages: 369629
nosy: jaraco, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: New realpath breaks setuptools_scm
versions: Python 3.8

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