diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index ba1b7b6dd1e6a7..7215b127cc8f88 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1251,18 +1251,16 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
 	wchar_t cwd[MAX_PATH], wpointer[MAX_PATH];
 	DWORD ret = GetCurrentDirectoryW(ARRAY_SIZE(cwd), cwd);
+	HANDLE hnd;
 
 	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(cwd)) {
 		errno = ret ? ENAMETOOLONG : err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	ret = GetLongPathNameW(cwd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer));
-	if (!ret && GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
-		HANDLE hnd = CreateFileW(cwd, 0,
-			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
-			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
-		if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-			return NULL;
+	hnd = CreateFileW(cwd, 0,
+			  FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			  OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+	if (hnd != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 		ret = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hnd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer), 0);
 		CloseHandle(hnd);
 		if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
@@ -1271,13 +1269,11 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 			return NULL;
 		return pointer;
 	}
-	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
-		return NULL;
-	if (GetFileAttributesW(wpointer) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+	if (GetFileAttributesW(cwd) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
 		errno = ENOENT;
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (xwcstoutf(pointer, wpointer, len) < 0)
+	if (xwcstoutf(pointer, cwd, len) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 	convert_slashes(pointer);
 	return pointer;
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index a770b5921d9546..b65b85a01f18cf 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ static enum fsync_component parse_fsync_components(const char *var, const char *
 	return (current & ~negative) | positive;
 }
 
-static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
-				   const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb)
+int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
+			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb)
 {
 	/* This needs a better name */
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.filemode")) {
diff --git a/environment.h b/environment.h
index 51898c99cd1e45..e61f843fdbb637 100644
--- a/environment.h
+++ b/environment.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ const char *strip_namespace(const char *namespaced_ref);
 
 int git_default_config(const char *, const char *,
 		       const struct config_context *, void *);
+int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
+			    const struct config_context *ctx, void *cb);
 
 /*
  * TODO: All the below state either explicitly or implicitly relies on
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 1d5ed016828746..67082a9caaeb18 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ static void trim_last_path_component(struct strbuf *path)
 	int i = path->len;
 
 	/* back up past trailing slashes, if any */
-	while (i && path->buf[i - 1] == '/')
+	while (i && is_dir_sep(path->buf[i - 1]))
 		i--;
 
 	/*
 	 * then go backwards until a slash, or the beginning of the
 	 * string
 	 */
-	while (i && path->buf[i - 1] != '/')
+	while (i && !is_dir_sep(path->buf[i - 1]))
 		i--;
 
 	strbuf_setlen(path, i);
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 7086741e6c2d1f..42e4e7a690ec3c 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
 	 * have set up the repository format such that we can evaluate
 	 * includeIf conditions correctly in the case of re-initialization.
 	 */
-	repo_config(the_repository, platform_core_config, NULL);
+	repo_config(the_repository, git_default_core_config, NULL);
 
 	safe_create_dir(the_repository, git_dir, 0);
 
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 6c3851a7f84d72..ec2b7afbe62133 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *f)
 	return sb->len ? fwrite(sb->buf, 1, sb->len, f) : 0;
 }
 
-#define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX)
+#define STRBUF_MAXLINK (32767)
 
 int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 {
@@ -578,12 +578,12 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 	while (hint < STRBUF_MAXLINK) {
 		ssize_t len;
 
-		strbuf_grow(sb, hint);
-		len = readlink(path, sb->buf, hint);
+		strbuf_grow(sb, hint + 1);
+		len = readlink(path, sb->buf, hint + 1);
 		if (len < 0) {
 			if (errno != ERANGE)
 				break;
-		} else if (len < hint) {
+		} else if (len <= hint) {
 			strbuf_setlen(sb, len);
 			return 0;
 		}