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-rw-r--r--builtin-apply.c35
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index f94d0dbf48..8b8705a6c0 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,29 @@ static int apply_data(struct patch *patch, struct stat *st, struct cache_entry *
return 0;
}
+static int check_to_create_blob(const char *new_name, int ok_if_exists)
+{
+ struct stat nst;
+ if (!lstat(new_name, &nst)) {
+ if (S_ISDIR(nst.st_mode) || ok_if_exists)
+ return 0;
+ /*
+ * A leading component of new_name might be a symlink
+ * that is going to be removed with this patch, but
+ * still pointing at somewhere that has the path.
+ * In such a case, path "new_name" does not exist as
+ * far as git is concerned.
+ */
+ if (has_symlink_leading_path(new_name, NULL))
+ return 0;
+
+ return error("%s: already exists in working directory", new_name);
+ }
+ else if ((errno != ENOENT) && (errno != ENOTDIR))
+ return error("%s: %s", new_name, strerror(errno));
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int check_patch(struct patch *patch, struct patch *prev_patch)
{
struct stat st;
@@ -2095,15 +2118,9 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *patch, struct patch *prev_patch)
!ok_if_exists)
return error("%s: already exists in index", new_name);
if (!cached) {
- struct stat nst;
- if (!lstat(new_name, &nst)) {
- if (S_ISDIR(nst.st_mode) || ok_if_exists)
- ; /* ok */
- else
- return error("%s: already exists in working directory", new_name);
- }
- else if ((errno != ENOENT) && (errno != ENOTDIR))
- return error("%s: %s", new_name, strerror(errno));
+ int err = check_to_create_blob(new_name, ok_if_exists);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
}
if (!patch->new_mode) {
if (0 < patch->is_new)