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diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 5d3c8bd4aa..6f0057fe66 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,14 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_ent(struct index_state *istate,
return ce;
}
+ if (has_symlink_leading_path(ce->name, ce_namelen(ce))) {
+ if (ignore_missing)
+ return ce;
+ if (err)
+ *err = ENOENT;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
if (lstat(ce->name, &st) < 0) {
if (ignore_missing && errno == ENOENT)
return ce;