(
                cd "$git" &&
                echo git-wild-hash >dir1/git-wild#hash &&
-               echo git-wild-star >dir1/git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       echo git-wild-star >dir1/git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                echo git-wild-at >dir1/git-wild@at &&
                echo git-wild-percent >dir1/git-wild%percent &&
                git add dir1/git-wild* &&
        (
                cd "$cli" &&
                test_path_is_file dir1/git-wild#hash &&
-               test_path_is_file dir1/git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       test_path_is_file dir1/git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                test_path_is_file dir1/git-wild@at &&
                test_path_is_file dir1/git-wild%percent
        ) &&
 
                printf "file2\nhas\nsome\nrandom\ntext\n" >file2 &&
                p4 add file2 &&
                echo file-wild-hash >file-wild#hash &&
-               echo file-wild-star >file-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       echo file-wild-star >file-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                echo file-wild-at >file-wild@at &&
                echo file-wild-percent >file-wild%percent &&
                p4 add -f file-wild* &&
        (
                cd "$git" &&
                test -f file-wild#hash &&
-               test -f file-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       test -f file-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                test -f file-wild@at &&
                test -f file-wild%percent
        )
        (
                cd "$git" &&
                echo git-wild-hash >git-wild#hash &&
-               echo git-wild-star >git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       echo git-wild-star >git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                echo git-wild-at >git-wild@at &&
                echo git-wild-percent >git-wild%percent &&
                git add git-wild* &&
        (
                cd "$cli" &&
                test_path_is_file git-wild#hash &&
-               test_path_is_file git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       test_path_is_file git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                test_path_is_file git-wild@at &&
                test_path_is_file git-wild%percent
        )
        (
                cd "$git" &&
                echo new-line >>git-wild#hash &&
-               echo new-line >>git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       echo new-line >>git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                echo new-line >>git-wild@at &&
                echo new-line >>git-wild%percent &&
                git add git-wild* &&
        (
                cd "$cli" &&
                test_line_count = 2 git-wild#hash &&
-               test_line_count = 2 git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       test_line_count = 2 git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                test_line_count = 2 git-wild@at &&
                test_line_count = 2 git-wild%percent
        )
                cd "$git" &&
                cp file2 git-wild-cp#hash &&
                git add git-wild-cp#hash &&
-               cp git-wild\*star file-wild-3 &&
+               cp git-wild#hash file-wild-3 &&
                git add file-wild-3 &&
                git commit -m "wildcard copies" &&
                git config git-p4.detectCopies true &&
        (
                cd "$cli" &&
                test_path_is_missing git-wild#hash &&
-               test_path_is_missing git-wild\*star &&
+               if test_have_prereq NOT_MINGW NOT_CYGWIN
+               then
+                       test_path_is_missing git-wild\*star
+               fi &&
                test_path_is_missing git-wild@at &&
                test_path_is_missing git-wild%percent
        )