Cygwin Git cannot create Windows native symlinks

[Steven Penny]

Cygwin can easily create Windows native symlinks:

    touch alfa.txt
    CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native ln -s alfa.txt bravo.txt

However Cygwin Git seems to have no way to create Windows native symlinks:

    CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq

creates README as a Shortcut (.lnk) file.

    CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq

creates README as a Cygwin symlink, not a Windows native symlink.

    CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict git clone git://github.com/stedolan/jq

just creates a plain text file, not even a symlink:

    $ cat jq/README
    README.md


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