[PATCH 0/2] checkout: don't follow symlinks when removing entries

If the leading path of a tracked file gets replaced by a symlink, git checkout will follow that symlink when removing the file. This bug seems to be present since 2011. Fix that and add a regression test.

Matheus Tavares (2):
  symlinks: update comment on threaded_check_leading_path()
  checkout: don't follow symlinks when removing entries

 cache.h                       |  2 +-
 entry.c                       |  2 +-
 symlinks.c                    | 54 ++++++++++++++++-------------------
 t/t2021-checkout-overwrite.sh | 12 ++++++++
 unpack-trees.c                |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)