diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin-test.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,24 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    env:
      CHERE_INVOKING: 1
-      SHELLOPTS: igncr
      TMP: "/tmp"
      TEMP: "/tmp"
    defaults:
      run:
-        shell: bash.exe --noprofile --norc -exo pipefail -o igncr "{0}"

    steps:
    - name: Force LF line endings
-      run: git config --global core.autocrlf input

    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
@@ -29,36 +33,42 @@ jobs:
      with:
        packages: python39 python39-pip python39-virtualenv git

-    - name: Show python and git versions
      run: |
-        /usr/bin/python --version
-        /usr/bin/git version
-
-    - name: Tell git to trust this repo
-      run: |
-        /usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"

    - name: Prepare this repo for tests
      run: |
        TRAVIS=yes ./init-tests-after-clone.sh

-    - name: Further prepare git configuration for tests
      run: |
-        /usr/bin/git config --global user.email "travis@ci.com"
-        /usr/bin/git config --global user.name "Travis Runner"
        # If we rewrite the user's config by accident, we will mess it up
        # and cause subsequent tests to fail
        cat test/fixtures/.gitconfig >> ~/.gitconfig

    - name: Update PyPA packages
      run: |
-        /usr/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

    - name: Install project and test dependencies
      run: |
-        /usr/bin/python -m pip install ".[test]"

    - name: Test with pytest
      run: |
-        set +x
-        /usr/bin/python -m pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ permissions:

jobs:
  build:
-
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
          - experimental: false
          - python-version: "3.12"
            experimental: true
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: /bin/bash --noprofile --norc -exo pipefail {0}
@@ -36,16 +37,11 @@ jobs:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
        allow-prereleases: ${{ matrix.experimental }}

-    - name: Show python and git versions
-      run: |
-        python --version
-        git version
-
    - name: Prepare this repo for tests
      run: |
        TRAVIS=yes ./init-tests-after-clone.sh

-    - name: Prepare git configuration for tests
      run: |
        git config --global user.email "travis@ci.com"
        git config --global user.name "Travis Runner"
@@ -55,17 +51,23 @@ jobs:

    - name: Update PyPA packages
      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        if pip freeze --all | grep --quiet '^setuptools=='; then
-            # Python prior to 3.12 ships setuptools. Upgrade it if present.
-            python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
-        fi
-        python -m pip install --upgrade wheel

    - name: Install project and test dependencies
      run: |
        pip install ".[test]"

    - name: Check types with mypy
      run: |
        mypy -p git
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:

    - name: Test with pytest
      run: |
-        pytest
      continue-on-error: false

    - name: Documentation

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
[tool.pytest.ini_options]
python_files = 'test_*.py'
testpaths = 'test'  # space separated list of paths from root e.g test tests doc/testing
-addopts = '--cov=git --cov-report=term --maxfail=10 --force-sugar --disable-warnings'
filterwarnings = 'ignore::DeprecationWarning'
# --cov   coverage
# --cov-report term  # send report to terminal term-missing -> terminal with line numbers  html  xml

diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ mypy
pre-commit
pytest
pytest-cov
pytest-sugar
diff --git a/test/test_base.py b/test/test_base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
import os
import sys
import tempfile
-from unittest import SkipTest, skipIf

from git import Repo
from git.objects import Blob, Tree, Commit, TagObject
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def test_add_unicode(self, rw_repo):
        try:
            file_path.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
        except UnicodeEncodeError as e:
-            raise SkipTest("Environment doesn't support unicode filenames") from e

        with open(file_path, "wb") as fp:
            fp.write(b"something")

diff --git a/test/test_fun.py b/test/test_fun.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
from stat import S_IFDIR, S_IFREG, S_IFLNK, S_IXUSR
from os import stat
import os.path as osp
-from unittest import SkipTest

from git import Git
from git.index import IndexFile
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ def test_linked_worktree_traversal(self, rw_dir):
        """Check that we can identify a linked worktree based on a .git file"""
        git = Git(rw_dir)
        if git.version_info[:3] < (2, 5, 1):
-            raise SkipTest("worktree feature unsupported")

        rw_master = self.rorepo.clone(join_path_native(rw_dir, "master_repo"))
        branch = rw_master.create_head("aaaaaaaa")

diff --git a/test/test_index.py b/test/test_index.py
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@

from io import BytesIO
import os
from stat import S_ISLNK, ST_MODE
-import tempfile
-from unittest import skipIf
import shutil

from git import (
    IndexFile,
@@ -28,21 +31,26 @@
from git.index.fun import hook_path
from git.index.typ import BaseIndexEntry, IndexEntry
from git.objects import Blob
-from test.lib import TestBase, fixture_path, fixture, with_rw_repo
-from test.lib import with_rw_directory
-from git.util import Actor, rmtree
-from git.util import HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS, hex_to_bin
from gitdb.base import IStream

-import os.path as osp
-from git.cmd import Git

-from pathlib import Path

-HOOKS_SHEBANG = "#!/usr/bin/env sh\n"

is_win_without_bash = is_win and not shutil.which("bash.exe")


def _make_hook(git_dir, name, content, make_exec=True):
    """A helper to create a hook"""
@@ -422,14 +430,6 @@ def _count_existing(self, repo, files):

    # END num existing helper

-    @skipIf(
-        HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and Git.is_cygwin(),
-        """FIXME: File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\test\\test_index.py", line 642, in test_index_mutation
-                self.assertEqual(fd.read(), link_target)
-                AssertionError: '!<symlink>\xff\xfe/\x00e\x00t\x00c\x00/\x00t\x00h\x00a\x00t\x00\x00\x00'
-                != '/etc/that'
-                """,
-    )
    @with_rw_repo("0.1.6")
    def test_index_mutation(self, rw_repo):
        index = rw_repo.index
@@ -910,7 +910,11 @@ def test_pre_commit_hook_fail(self, rw_repo):
        else:
            raise AssertionError("Should have caught a HookExecutionError")

-    @skipIf(HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS, "TODO: fix hooks execution on Windows: #703")
    @with_rw_repo("HEAD", bare=True)
    def test_commit_msg_hook_success(self, rw_repo):
        commit_message = "commit default head by Frèderic Çaufl€"

diff --git a/test/test_repo.py b/test/test_repo.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
import pickle
import sys
import tempfile
-from unittest import mock, skipIf, SkipTest, skip

import pytest

@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@
    UnsafeProtocolError,
)
from git.repo.fun import touch
-from test.lib import TestBase, with_rw_repo, fixture
-from git.util import HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS, cygpath
-from test.lib import with_rw_directory
-from git.util import join_path_native, rmtree, rmfile, bin_to_hex

import os.path as osp

@@ -764,16 +762,6 @@ def test_blame_accepts_rev_opts(self, git):
        self.rorepo.blame("HEAD", "README.md", rev_opts=["-M", "-C", "-C"])
        git.assert_called_once_with(*expected_args, **boilerplate_kwargs)

-    @skipIf(
-        HIDE_WINDOWS_KNOWN_ERRORS and Git.is_cygwin(),
-        """FIXME: File "C:\\projects\\gitpython\\git\\cmd.py", line 671, in execute
-                    raise GitCommandError(command, status, stderr_value, stdout_value)
-                GitCommandError: Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
-                  cmdline: git add 1__��ava verb��ten 1_test _myfile 1_test_other_file
-                          1_��ava-----verb��ten
-                  stderr: 'fatal: pathspec '"1__çava verböten"' did not match any files'
-                """,
-    )
    @with_rw_repo("HEAD", bare=False)
    def test_untracked_files(self, rwrepo):
        for run, repo_add in enumerate((rwrepo.index.add, rwrepo.git.add)):
@@ -1245,7 +1233,7 @@ def test_merge_base(self):
    def test_is_ancestor(self):
        git = self.rorepo.git
        if git.version_info[:3] < (1, 8, 0):
-            raise SkipTest("git merge-base --is-ancestor feature unsupported")

        repo = self.rorepo
        c1 = "f6aa8d1"
@@ -1293,7 +1281,7 @@ def test_git_work_tree_dotgit(self, rw_dir):
        based on it."""
        git = Git(rw_dir)
        if git.version_info[:3] < (2, 5, 1):
-            raise SkipTest("worktree feature unsupported")

        rw_master = self.rorepo.clone(join_path_native(rw_dir, "master_repo"))
        branch = rw_master.create_head("aaaaaaaa")