"The system cannot find the file specified." - on repo init

[lgrealis]

We always get this message when cloning. It doesn't seem to cause an issue functionally but it does cause our users concern and raises a lot of questions.

We're on windows. It appears to be related to shallow links being created, the core part of the trace output is:

cmd /c mklink /J C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\refs C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\refs
Using no symlinks for file from C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\shallow to C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\shallow
cmd /c mklink /H C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\shallow C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\shallow
The system cannot find the file specified.
Using no symlinks for dir from C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\objects to C:\wt\test\error.repo\manifests.git\objects

I have attached the full output.

Git version:
$ git --version
git version 2.10.1.windows.1

Here's my gitconfig for reference:
$ git config --global --list
http.sslverify=false
diff.tool=kdiff3
difftool.cmd="c:\Program Files\KDiff3\KDiff3.exe"
merge.tool=kdiff3
mergetool.kdiff3.cmd="c:\Program Files\KDiff3\KDiff3.exe" $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE -o $MERGED
mergetool.kdiff3.keepbackup=false
user.name=Leigh Grealis
user.email=[email protected]
alias.sdm=c:/Users/lgrealis/My Documents/git/SDM-FE-Git-Assets/workspace/create-git-workspace.sh
alias.status=diff --name-only
core.excludesfile=c:/Users/lgrealis/ignorefiles.txt
core.autocrlf=input
core.ignorestat=false
core.compression=0
core.pager=cat
core.editor=vim
core.fscache=true
core.preloadindex=true
portable.windowsnosymlinks=true
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge %f
filter.lfs.required=true
lfs.url=http://localhost:8081/artifactory/api/lfs/WLS_GITLFS
credential.helper=store
review.https://gerrit.app.alcatel-lucent.com/gerrit/.username=lgrealis
url.https://gerrit.app.alcatel-lucent.com/gerrit/.pushinsteadof=https://gerrit-nar.app.alcatel-lucent.com/gerrit/
url.ssh://[email protected]:29418.pushinsteadof=ssh://[email protected]:29418
gc.auto=0
commit.template=C:/Users/lgrealis/git-template.txt

[grv87]

Duplicate of #53?