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| -rw-r--r-- | diff-no-index.c | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c index 60ed17470..0dbd9dad8 100644 --- a/diff-no-index.c +++ b/diff-no-index.c @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int get_mode(const char *path, int *mode) *mode = 0; else if (!strcmp(path, "-")) *mode = create_ce_mode(0666); - else if (stat(path, &st)) + else if (lstat(path, &st)) return error("Could not access '%s'", path); else *mode = st.st_mode; diff --git a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh index 02efecae3..9055c8b31 100755 --- a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh +++ b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh @@ -82,4 +82,11 @@ test_expect_success \ git diff-index -M -p $tree > current && compare_diff_patch current expected' +test_expect_success \ + 'diff symlinks with non-existing targets' \ + 'ln -s narf pinky && + ln -s take\ over brain && + test_must_fail git diff --no-index pinky brain > output 2> output.err && + grep narf output && + ! grep error output.err' test_done |