This function is used to see if a path given by the user does exist
on the filesystem. A symbolic link that does not point anywhere does
exist but running stat() on it would yield an error, and it incorrectly
said it does not exist.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
dir.c | 7 +++----
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 01790ab..87e5dec 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -688,11 +688,10 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, const char *base, i
return dir->nr;
}
-int
-file_exists(const char *f)
+int file_exists(const char *f)
{
- struct stat sb;
- return stat(f, &sb) == 0;
+ struct stat sb;
+ return lstat(f, &sb) == 0;
}
/*
--
1.5.3.5.1815.g9445b
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