Sync with 2.21.1

* maint-2.21: (42 commits)
  Git 2.21.1
  mingw: sh arguments need quoting in more circumstances
  mingw: fix quoting of empty arguments for `sh`
  mingw: use MSYS2 quoting even when spawning shell scripts
  mingw: detect when MSYS2's sh is to be spawned more robustly
  t7415: drop v2.20.x-specific work-around
  Git 2.20.2
  t7415: adjust test for dubiously-nested submodule gitdirs for v2.20.x
  Git 2.19.3
  Git 2.18.2
  Git 2.17.3
  Git 2.16.6
  test-drop-caches: use `has_dos_drive_prefix()`
  Git 2.15.4
  Git 2.14.6
  mingw: handle `subst`-ed "DOS drives"
  mingw: refuse to access paths with trailing spaces or periods
  mingw: refuse to access paths with illegal characters
  unpack-trees: let merged_entry() pass through do_add_entry()'s errors
  quote-stress-test: offer to test quoting arguments for MSYS2 sh
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diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 593bdbffe6..c303fd98d7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -451,6 +451,20 @@ extern char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
 #endif
 
 /**
+ * Verifies that the given path is a valid one on Windows.
+ *
+ * In particular, path segments are disallowed which
+ *
+ * - end in a period or a space (except the special directories `.` and `..`).
+ *
+ * - contain any of the reserved characters, e.g. `:`, `;`, `*`, etc
+ *
+ * Returns 1 upon success, otherwise 0.
+ */
+int is_valid_win32_path(const char *path);
+#define is_valid_path(path) is_valid_win32_path(path)
+
+/**
  * Converts UTF-8 encoded string to UTF-16LE.
  *
  * To support repositories with legacy-encoded file names, invalid UTF-8 bytes