From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:40:25 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout_entry: only try to create directories when no file existed there Message-ID: <7vejid1wh2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > Now, if we have to remove it, we did a stat() before that. It succeeded. > So we know that "a/b/c/d/e/f/" exists. It might contain some symlinks, > but it exists. Yes, it is exactly the thing. It might contain a/b/c as symlink but the index does not say a/b/c _IS_ a symlink, and the code "fixes" that. Otherwise, you would get inconsistent result from "git checkout" depending on random symlink you happen to have in your working tree.