When symlinks in the working tree are manipulated using the absolute path, git dereferences them, and tries to manipulate the link target instead. This applies to most high-level commands but prefix_path is the common denominator for all of them. Add a known-breakage tests using the prefix_path function, which currently uses real_path, causing the dereference. Signed-off-by: Martin Erik Werner <martinerikwerner@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t0060-path-utils.sh | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh index 07c10c8..0bba988 100755 --- a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh +++ b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh @@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'real path works on symlinks' ' test "$sym" = "$(test-path-utils real_path "$dir2/syml")" ' +test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'prefix_path works with absolute paths to work tree symlinks' ' + ln -s target symlink && + test "$(test-path-utils prefix_path prefix "$(pwd)/symlink")" = "symlink" +' + relative_path /foo/a/b/c/ /foo/a/b/ c/ relative_path /foo/a/b/c/ /foo/a/b c/ relative_path /foo/a//b//c/ ///foo/a/b// c/ POSIX -- 1.8.5.2 -- 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