From: Madhu <enometh@xxxxxxxx>
If the .git/config file is a symlink (as is the case of a .git created
by the contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir script) then the filemode tests
fail, and the filemode is reset to be false. To avoid this only munge
core.filemode if .git/config is a regular file.
---
builtin/init-db.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index dcc45bef51..b053107336 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
/* Check filemode trustability */
path = git_path_buf(&buf, "config");
filemode = TEST_FILEMODE;
- if (TEST_FILEMODE && !lstat(path, &st1)) {
+ if (TEST_FILEMODE && !lstat(path, &st1)
+ && (st1.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) {
struct stat st2;
filemode = (!chmod(path, st1.st_mode ^ S_IXUSR) &&
!lstat(path, &st2) &&
--
2.31.0.dirty
