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+/* eslint-env mocha */
+
+require('should')
+const { resolve, join, relative, dirname } = require('node:path')
+const { ensureFile, remove, pathExists, ensureSymlink } = require('fs-extra')
+
+const testBaseDirectory = resolve('fs-extra-test-base-directory')
+
+/* MUDO submitted as https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra/issues/1038 */
+
+describe('fs-extra ensureSymlink fails when ensuring a symbolic link with a relative path if it already exists', function () {
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    // a directory with a file, as `destination` or `target`
+    this.targetDirectory = join(testBaseDirectory, 'target-directory')
+    const targetFileName = 'target-file'
+    this.targetDirectoryFile = join(this.targetDirectory, targetFileName)
+    await ensureFile(this.targetDirectoryFile)
+    // a directory to put the symbolic link in (the `source`)
+    this.linkDirectory = join(testBaseDirectory, 'link-directory')
+    this.symbolicLinkPath = join(this.linkDirectory, 'link')
+    this.targetFileViaSymbolicLink = join(this.symbolicLinkPath, targetFileName)
+    this.relativeSymbolicLinkReference = relative(dirname(this.symbolicLinkPath), this.targetDirectory)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async function () {
+    return remove(testBaseDirectory)
+  })
+
+  it('can ensure a symbolic link a second time with an absolute path', async function () {
+    await pathExists(this.targetDirectoryFile).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+
+    // first time, setting up with a relative reference
+    await ensureSymlink(this.relativeSymbolicLinkReference, this.symbolicLinkPath, 'dir').should.be.resolved()
+    await pathExists(this.symbolicLinkPath).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+    await pathExists(this.targetFileViaSymbolicLink).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+
+    // second time, setting up with an absolute reference
+    await ensureSymlink(this.targetDirectory, this.symbolicLinkPath, 'dir').should.be.resolved()
+    await pathExists(this.symbolicLinkPath).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+    await pathExists(this.targetFileViaSymbolicLink).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+  })
+
+  it('can ensure a symbolic link a second time with a relative path', async function () {
+    await pathExists(this.targetDirectoryFile).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+
+    // first time, setting up with a relative reference
+    await ensureSymlink(this.relativeSymbolicLinkReference, this.symbolicLinkPath, 'dir').should.be.resolved()
+    await pathExists(this.symbolicLinkPath).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+    await pathExists(this.targetFileViaSymbolicLink).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+
+    // second time, setting up with a relative reference SHOULD ALSO RESOLVE, BUT REJECTS
+    const error = await ensureSymlink(
+      this.relativeSymbolicLinkReference,
+      this.symbolicLinkPath,
+      'dir'
+    ).should.be.rejected()
+    error.code.should.equal('ENOENT')
+    // YET THE TARGET FILE EXISTS VIA THE ABSOLUTE PATH
+    await pathExists(this.targetDirectory).should.be.resolvedWith(true)
+    // AND THE RELATIVE PATH RESOLVES TO THE ABSOLUTE PATH
+    join(dirname(this.symbolicLinkPath), this.relativeSymbolicLinkReference).should.equal(this.targetDirectory)
+  })
+})