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-rw-r--r--local-fetch.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/local-fetch.c b/local-fetch.c
index a3e35f9c81..6216c68a4c 100644
--- a/local-fetch.c
+++ b/local-fetch.c
@@ -65,9 +65,17 @@ static int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, const char *hex)
return -1;
}
}
- if (use_symlink && !symlink(source, dest)) {
- pull_say("symlink %s\n", hex);
- return 0;
+ if (use_symlink) {
+ struct stat st;
+ if (stat(source, &st)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "cannot stat %s: %s\n", source,
+ strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (!symlink(source, dest)) {
+ pull_say("symlink %s\n", hex);
+ return 0;
+ }
}
if (use_filecopy) {
int ifd, ofd, status;