Ever since v1.6.3-rc0~101^2~14 (Tests on Windows: $(pwd) must return
Windows-style paths, 2009-03-13), there is a subtle difference between
$(pwd) and $PWD in tests: the former returns Windows-style paths as
might be output by git and the latter Unix-style paths which msys
programs tend to prefer.
In file:// URIs, Unix-style paths are needed. Before: “svn export”
declares it cannot find