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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index f06876be67..dcfbcb0215 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2014,18 +2014,15 @@ static struct diff_tempfile *prepare_temp_file(const char *name,
die("stat(%s): %s", name, strerror(errno));
}
if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
- int ret;
- char buf[PATH_MAX + 1]; /* ought to be SYMLINK_MAX */
- ret = readlink(name, buf, sizeof(buf));
- if (ret < 0)
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ if (strbuf_readlink(&sb, name, st.st_size) < 0)
die("readlink(%s)", name);
- if (ret == sizeof(buf))
- die("symlink too long: %s", name);
- prep_temp_blob(name, temp, buf, ret,
+ prep_temp_blob(name, temp, sb.buf, sb.len,
(one->sha1_valid ?
one->sha1 : null_sha1),
(one->sha1_valid ?
one->mode : S_IFLNK));
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
}
else {
/* we can borrow from the file in the work tree */