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| -rwxr-xr-x | git-difftool.perl | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t7800-difftool.sh | 19 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl index 7df7c8a9a7..488d14b153 100755 --- a/git-difftool.perl +++ b/git-difftool.perl @@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ sub use_wt_file my ($repo, $workdir, $file, $sha1) = @_; my $null_sha1 = '0' x 40; - if (! -e "$workdir/$file") { - # If the file doesn't exist in the working tree, we cannot - # use it. + if (-l "$workdir/$file" || ! -e _) { return (0, $null_sha1); } diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh index 48c6e2bc83..ec8bc8c765 100755 --- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh +++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh @@ -504,4 +504,23 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'difftool properly honors gitlink and core.worktree' ' ) ' +test_expect_success PERL,SYMLINKS 'difftool --dir-diff symlinked directories' ' + git init dirlinks && + ( + cd dirlinks && + git config diff.tool checktrees && + git config difftool.checktrees.cmd "echo good" && + mkdir foo && + : >foo/bar && + git add foo/bar && + test_commit symlink-one && + ln -s foo link && + git add link && + test_commit symlink-two && + echo good >expect && + git difftool --tool=checktrees --dir-diff HEAD~ >actual && + test_cmp expect actual + ) +' + test_done |