Merge branch 'jk/no-textconv-symlink'

* jk/no-textconv-symlink:
  diff: don't use pathname-based diff drivers for symlinks

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
index 6f6948925f..408a19c4c2 100755
--- a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
@@ -88,4 +88,30 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS \
     test_must_fail git diff --no-index pinky brain > output 2> output.err &&
     grep narf output &&
     ! grep error output.err'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'setup symlinks with attributes' '
+	echo "*.bin diff=bin" >>.gitattributes &&
+	echo content >file.bin &&
+	ln -s file.bin link.bin &&
+	git add -N file.bin link.bin
+'
+
+cat >expect <<'EOF'
+diff --git a/file.bin b/file.bin
+index e69de29..d95f3ad 100644
+Binary files a/file.bin and b/file.bin differ
+diff --git a/link.bin b/link.bin
+index e69de29..dce41ec 120000
+--- a/link.bin
++++ b/link.bin
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++file.bin
+\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlinks do not respect userdiff config by path' '
+	git config diff.bin.binary true &&
+	git diff file.bin link.bin >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done