# [PATCH] Fix 'git diff --no-index' with a non-existing symlink target 1 messages from 2009-01-29 to 2009-01-29. Participants: Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17440 ## Johannes Schindelin, 2009-01-29 16:30 Subject: [PATCH] Fix 'git diff --no-index' with a non-existing symlink target Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0901291730210.3586%40pacific.mpi-cbg.de In-Reply-To: ``` When trying to find out mode changes, we should not access the symlink targets using stat(); instead we use lstat() so that the diff does not fail trying to find a non-existing symlink target. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- diff-no-index.c | 2 +- t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c index 60ed174..0dbd9da 100644 --- a/diff-no-index.c +++ b/diff-no-index.c @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int get_mode(const char *path, int *mode) *mode = 0; else if (!strcmp(path, "-")) *mode = create_ce_mode(0666); - else if (stat(path, &st)) + else if (lstat(path, &st)) return error("Could not access '%s'", path); else *mode = st.st_mode; diff --git a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh index 02efeca..9055c8b 100755 --- a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh +++ b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh @@ -82,4 +82,11 @@ test_expect_success \ git diff-index -M -p $tree > current && compare_diff_patch current expected' +test_expect_success \ + '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_done -- 1.6.1.2.531.g6f52 ```