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.circleci/config.yml

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
             equal: [ << parameters.os >>, "windows" ]
           steps:
             - run:
-                name: "Install GCC"
+                name: "Install GCC, since we need cgo for the race detector"
                 command: |
                   choco install mingw -y
                   echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/c/ProgramData/mingw64/mingw64/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile

cmd/orchestrator/help_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestHelp(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		t.Skip()
+		t.Skip("Can't be bothered to add golden files for Windows")
 	}
 
 	cli := &cli{}

init/init_windows.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const (
 	binCircleci      = "circleci.exe"
 )
 
-// Run function performs the copying of specific files and symlink creation
+// Run function performs the copying of the orchestrator and task-agent binaries
 func Run(srcDir, destDir string) error {
 	// Copy the orchestrator binary
 	orchestratorSrc := filepath.Join(srcDir, binOrchestrator)
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ func Run(srcDir, destDir string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Copy the task agent binaries
+	// Copy the task agent binaries. We copy the binaries instead of creating a symlink
+	// to `circleci` as we do on Linux, since we do not have the necessary privileges
+	// to create symlinks to the shared volume on Windows.
 	agentSrc := filepath.Join(srcDir, binCircleciAgent)
 	agentDests := []string{filepath.Join(destDir, binCircleciAgent), filepath.Join(destDir, binCircleci)}
 	for _, dest := range agentDests {