From e818f1274b8ec774eb4ad27e2cc31c5722a561a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacques Lucke <jacques@blender.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 17:36:25 +0200
Subject: Fix T78932: fix linking reroute nodes of different type

Reviewers: mano-wii

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8460
---
 source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.c b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.c
index e5409271f7c..3e898b7d400 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_relationships.c
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ static bNodeSocket *best_socket_output(bNodeTree *ntree,
     }
   }
 
+  /* Always allow linking to an reroute node. The socket type of the reroute sockets might change
+   * after the link has been created. */
+  if (node->type == NODE_REROUTE) {
+    return node->outputs.first;
+  }
+
   return NULL;
 }
 
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