Hi, list! See below. Best, Alexander. agladysh@work-1:~/tmp/git$ git --version git version 1.8.4.1 agladysh@work-1:~/tmp/git$ cat ./test.sh #!/bin/bash set -e mkdir alpha cd alpha git init mkdir beta echo "gamma" > beta/gamma git add beta/gamma git commit -m "initial commit" mv beta delta ln -s delta beta git stash agladysh@work-1:~/tmp/git$ ./test.sh Initialized empty Git repository in /home/agladysh/tmp/git/alpha/.git/ [master (root-commit) 9c6138f] initial commit 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 beta/gamma error: 'beta/gamma' is beyond a symbolic link fatal: Unable to process path beta/gamma Cannot save the current worktree state agladysh@work-1:~/tmp/git$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 Codename: quantal agladysh@work-1:~/tmp/git$ uname -a Linux work-1 3.5.0-34-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 6 20:18:19 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html