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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75cff475f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+GIT v1.5.2.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.2.3
+--------------------
+
+ * Bugfixes
+
+   - "git-gui" bugfixes, including a handful fixes to run it
+     better on Cygwin/MSYS.
+
+   - "git checkout" failed to switch back and forth between
+     branches, one of which has "frotz -> xyzzy" symlink and
+     file "xyzzy/filfre", while the other one has a file
+     "frotz/filfre".
+
+   - "git prune" used to segfault upon seeing a commit that is
+     referred to by a tree object (aka "subproject").
+
+   - "git diff --name-status --no-index" mishandled an added file.
+
+   - "git apply --reverse --whitespace=warn" still complained
+     about whitespaces that a forward application would have
+     introduced.
+
+ * Documentation Fixes and Updates
+
+   - A handful documentation updates.
diff --git a/t/t2007-checkout-symlink.sh b/t/t2007-checkout-symlink.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0526fce163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2007-checkout-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Junio C Hamano
+
+test_description='git checkout to switch between branches with symlink<->dir'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+
+	mkdir frotz &&
+	echo hello >frotz/filfre &&
+	git add frotz/filfre &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "master has file frotz/filfre" &&
+
+	git branch side &&
+
+	echo goodbye >nitfol &&
+	git add nitfol
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "master adds file nitfol" &&
+
+	git checkout side &&
+
+	git rm --cached frotz/filfre &&
+	mv frotz xyzzy &&
+	ln -s xyzzy frotz &&
+	git add xyzzy/filfre frotz &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "side moves frotz/ to xyzzy/ and adds frotz->xyzzy/"
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'switch from symlink to dir' '
+
+	git checkout master
+
+'
+
+rm -fr frotz xyzzy nitfol &&
+git checkout -f master || exit
+
+test_expect_success 'switch from dir to symlink' '
+
+	git checkout side
+
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index cac2411b9d..89dd279f89 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ static void verify_absent(const char *path, const char *action,
 	if (o->index_only || o->reset || !o->update)
 		return;
 
+	if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, NULL))
+		return;
+
 	if (!lstat(path, &st)) {
 		int cnt;