anchor.diff:  
   @rem Using call with conda.bat seems necessary to avoid terminating the batch
   @rem script execution
  -call conda create -p %_VERIFICATION_CONDA_ENV% -f -q -y python=%PYTHON% || exit /B
  +call conda create -p %_VERIFICATION_CONDA_ENV% ^
  +    --no-shortcuts -f -q -y python=%PYTHON% ^
  +    || exit /B
   
   call activate %_VERIFICATION_CONDA_ENV% || exit /B
   
   call conda install -y ^
  +     --no-shortcuts ^
        python=3.7 ^
        git ^
        --file=ci\conda_env_cpp.yml ^
  
positive.code:       -DARROW_PYTHON=ON ^
        -DARROW_PARQUET=ON ^
        ..  || exit /B
  cmake --build . --target INSTALL --config %CONFIGURATION%  || exit /B
  
  @rem Get testing datasets for Parquet unit tests
  git clone https://github.com/apache/parquet-testing.git %_VERIFICATION_DIR%\parquet-testing
  
negative.code: @rem This is the path for Visual Studio Community 2017
  call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" -arch=amd64
  
  cmake -G "Ninja" ^
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%ARROW_HOME% ^
        -DARROW_BUILD_STATIC=OFF ^
        -DARROW_BOOST_USE_SHARED=ON ^
        -DARROW_BUILD_TESTS=ON ^
        -DGTest_SOURCE=BUNDLED ^
  