git-diff not coping with symlinks tonight

Hi,

Once upon a git-status, a file was deemed changed:

23:50 kaven:~/Coding/pam_mount > git st # On branch ofl # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: src/ofl-lib-nlt.c # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

So why did the symlink change we might ask:

23:50 kaven:~/Coding/pam_mount > strace -fe readlink git diff Process 13185 attached (waiting for parent) Process 13185 resumed (parent 13184 ready) [pid 13185] readlink("src/ofl-lib-nlt.c", "ofl-lib.c", 25) = 9 Process 13185 detached --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- error: readlink("src/ofl-lib-nlt.c"): No such file or directory fatal: cannot hash src/ofl-lib-nlt.c

That's about it - /src/ofl-lib.c does exist, and hence the link is valid.

Observed on git 1.5.6.4. Even a hard reset won't change anything.

23:52 kaven:~/Coding/pam_mount > git reset --hard HEAD is now at 44a089b kill on logout support (unfinished) 23:53 kaven:~/Coding/pam_mount > git st # On branch ofl # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: src/ofl-lib-nlt.c # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Still modified. Any ideas?