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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Johannes Schindelin
+#
+
+test_description='Test diff of symlinks.
+
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
+
+cat > expected << EOF
+diff --git a/frotz b/frotz
+new file mode 120000
+index 0000000..7c465af
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/frotz
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++xyzzy
+\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff new symlink' \
+    'ln -s xyzzy frotz &&
+    git update-index &&
+    tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+    git update-index --add frotz &&
+    GIT_DIFF_OPTS=--unified=0 git diff-index -M -p $tree > current &&
+    compare_diff_patch current expected'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff unchanged symlink' \
+    'tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+    git update-index frotz &&
+    test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only $tree)"'
+
+cat > expected << EOF
+diff --git a/frotz b/frotz
+deleted file mode 120000
+index 7c465af..0000000
+--- a/frotz
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-xyzzy
+\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff removed symlink' \
+    'mv frotz frotz2 &&
+    git diff-index -M -p $tree > current &&
+    compare_diff_patch current expected'
+
+cat > expected << EOF
+diff --git a/frotz b/frotz
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff identical, but newly created symlink' \
+    'ln -s xyzzy frotz &&
+    git diff-index -M -p $tree > current &&
+    compare_diff_patch current expected'
+
+cat > expected << EOF
+diff --git a/frotz b/frotz
+index 7c465af..df1db54 120000
+--- a/frotz
++++ b/frotz
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-xyzzy
+\ No newline at end of file
++yxyyz
+\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff different symlink' \
+    'rm frotz &&
+    ln -s yxyyz frotz &&
+    git diff-index -M -p $tree > current &&
+    compare_diff_patch current expected'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
+    'diff symlinks with non-existing targets' \
+    'ln -s narf pinky &&
+    ln -s take\ over brain &&
+    test_must_fail git diff --no-index pinky brain > output 2> output.err &&
+    grep narf output &&
+    ! grep error output.err'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'setup symlinks with attributes' '
+	echo "*.bin diff=bin" >>.gitattributes &&
+	echo content >file.bin &&
+	ln -s file.bin link.bin &&
+	git add -N file.bin link.bin
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+diff --git a/file.bin b/file.bin
+index e69de29..d95f3ad 100644
+Binary files a/file.bin and b/file.bin differ
+diff --git a/link.bin b/link.bin
+index e69de29..dce41ec 120000
+--- a/link.bin
++++ b/link.bin
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++file.bin
+\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlinks do not respect userdiff config by path' '
+	git config diff.bin.binary true &&
+	git diff file.bin link.bin >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done