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-rw-r--r--cache.h3
-rw-r--r--entry.c15
-rwxr-xr-xt/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh2
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index e6c7f3307d..9222774e6c 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ extern int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st, int write_obje
extern int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, int write_object);
extern void fill_stat_cache_info(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st);
+/* "careful lstat()" */
+extern int check_path(const char *path, int len, struct stat *st);
+
#define REFRESH_REALLY 0x0001 /* ignore_valid */
#define REFRESH_UNMERGED 0x0002 /* allow unmerged */
#define REFRESH_QUIET 0x0004 /* be quiet about it */
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index d3e86c722a..f276cf3b88 100644
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, char *path, const struct checkout
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * This is like 'lstat()', except it refuses to follow symlinks
+ * in the path.
+ */
+int check_path(const char *path, int len, struct stat *st)
+{
+ if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, len)) {
+ errno = ENOENT;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return lstat(path, st);
+}
+
int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const struct checkout *state, char *topath)
{
static char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const struct checkout *state, char *t
strcpy(path + len, ce->name);
len += ce_namelen(ce);
- if (!lstat(path, &st)) {
+ if (!check_path(path, len, &st)) {
unsigned changed = ce_match_stat(ce, &st, CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID);
if (!changed)
return 0;
diff --git a/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh b/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh
index ba90fc53e0..a0ddf1e0f4 100755
--- a/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test_expect_success 'create a commit where dir a/b changed to symlink' '
git commit -m "dir to symlink"
'
-test_expect_failure 'keep a/b-2/c/d across checkout' '
+test_expect_success 'keep a/b-2/c/d across checkout' '
git checkout HEAD^0 &&
git reset --hard master &&
git rm --cached a/b &&