Symlink creation fails on windows

Switching to type=junction seems to fix the issue. Here is a related ticket on node: nodejs/node#18518
dubzzz · Apr 21, 2020 · c6e50f8 · c6e50f8
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commit c6e50f8
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diff --git a/e2e/Utils.ts b/e2e/Utils.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const linkJestPackage = (packageName: string, cwd: Config.Path) => {
   const destination = path.resolve(cwd, 'node_modules/', packageName);
   makeDir.sync(destination);
   rimraf.sync(destination);
-  fs.symlinkSync(packagePath, destination, 'dir');
+  fs.symlinkSync(packagePath, destination, 'junction');
 };
 
 export const makeTemplate = (
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export const writeSymlinks = (
     fs.symlinkSync(
       path.resolve(directory, ...fileOrPath.split('/')),
       path.resolve(directory, ...symLinkPath.split('/')),
+      'junction',
     );
   });
 };