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diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh index 52510094ad..fac9234d3c 100644 --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh @@ -679,3 +679,20 @@ test_create_repo () { mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled ) || exit } + +# This function helps on symlink challenged file systems when it is not +# important that the file system entry is a symbolic link. +# Use test_ln_s_add instead of "ln -s x y && git add y" to add a +# symbolic link entry y to the index. + +test_ln_s_add () { + if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS + then + ln -s "$1" "$2" && + git update-index --add "$2" + else + printf '%s' "$1" >"$2" && + ln_s_obj=$(git hash-object -w "$2") && + git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000 $ln_s_obj "$2" + fi +} |