Add support for /dev/null

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, operating-systems, release

Research direction

Start by locating the Windows installer and its uninstall handling. Check how it creates and removes supporting directories, then implement the proposed C:\dev\null link without failing when C:\dev already exists or removing an existing directory; verify the installer and uninstall behavior on Windows.

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Description

Seems like we could add support for almost all uses of /dev/null with this in the installer (ignore errors when creating C:\dev, don't remove C:\dev if it existed on uninstall (or ever?)

mkdir C:\dev
mklink C:\dev\null NUL:
Dominant language
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