1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 7829d615d..df0edbad1 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -68,6 +68,35 @@ static struct cached_object *find_cached_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path)
+{
+	if (mkdir(path, 0777)) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		struct stat st;
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (errno != EEXIST)
+			return -1;
+		/*
+		 * Are we looking at a path in a symlinked worktree
+		 * whose original repository does not yet have it?
+		 * e.g. .git/rr-cache pointing at its original
+		 * repository in which the user hasn't performed any
+		 * conflict resolution yet?
+		 */
+		if (lstat(path, &st) || !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ||
+		    strbuf_readlink(&sb, path, st.st_size) ||
+		    !is_absolute_path(sb.buf) ||
+		    mkdir(sb.buf, 0777)) {
+			strbuf_release(&sb);
+			errno = saved_errno;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+	}
+	return adjust_shared_perm(path);
+}
+
 int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path)
 {
 	char *pos = path + offset_1st_component(path);