Rollback of commit e0d7a540e3c615c628f63fcaaaba0c47fca2cb25.

*** Reason for rollback ***

Suspected root cause for Windows bootstrap on Bazel CI breakage:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Path$1.run(Path.java:123)

http://ci.bazel.io/view/Bazel%20bootstrap%20and%20maintenance/job/Bazel/922/JAVA_VERSION=1.8,PLATFORM_NAME=windows-x86_64/console

*** Original change description ***

VFS: implement a Windows-specific Path subclass

The new subclass WindowsFileSystem.WindowsPath is
aware of Windows drives.

This change:
- introduces a new factory for Path objects so
  FileSystems can return a custom implementation
  that instantiates filesystem-specific Paths
- implements the WindowsPath subclass of Path that
  is aware of Windows drives
- introduces the bazel.windows_unix_root JVM
  argument that defines the MSYS root, which
  defines the absolute Windows path that is the...

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tree: 5ba50236351a163bba3a12f8ea138b1b9a287702
  1. examples/
  2. scripts/
  3. site/
  4. src/
  5. third_party/
  6. tools/
  7. .gitattributes
  8. .gitignore
  9. AUTHORS
  10. BUILD
  11. CHANGELOG.md
  12. compile.sh
  13. CONTRIBUTING.md
  14. CONTRIBUTORS
  15. LICENSE.txt
  16. README.md
  17. WORKSPACE
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