From ba2af1c29a9560bed6743b117d7cc51beb36b12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:14:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: exercise import aliases without Windows symlink
 privileges

---
 src/tooling/importDirections.test.mjs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tooling/importDirections.test.mjs b/src/tooling/importDirections.test.mjs
index ef486fa2c..b34fee3b9 100644
--- a/src/tooling/importDirections.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tooling/importDirections.test.mjs
@@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ test('compatibility exceptions are limited to the two existing composition entri
 
 test('symlink aliases do not hide renderer ownership', (t) => {
   const { root, write } = fixture(t);
-  write('src/sources/demo.js', "import './helper.js';");
+  write('src/sources/demo.js', "import './helper/view.js';");
   write('src/ui/view.js');
-  symlinkSync('../ui/view.js', path.join(root, 'src/sources/helper.js'));
+  // Directory junctions exercise the same resolved edge without Windows symlink privileges.
+  symlinkSync(
+    path.join(root, 'src/ui'),
+    path.join(root, 'src/sources/helper'),
+    'junction',
+  );
   assert.throws(() => checkImportDirections(root), /rendering|symlinks/);
 });