diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'dir.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | dir.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -2235,19 +2235,24 @@ static int get_index_dtype(struct index_state *istate, return DT_UNKNOWN; } -unsigned char get_dtype(struct dirent *e, struct strbuf *path) +unsigned char get_dtype(struct dirent *e, struct strbuf *path, + int follow_symlink) { struct stat st; unsigned char dtype = DTYPE(e); size_t base_path_len; - if (dtype != DT_UNKNOWN) + if (dtype != DT_UNKNOWN && !(follow_symlink && dtype == DT_LNK)) return dtype; - /* d_type unknown in dirent, try to fall back on lstat results */ + /* + * d_type unknown or unfollowed symlink, try to fall back on [l]stat + * results. If [l]stat fails, explicitly set DT_UNKNOWN. + */ base_path_len = path->len; strbuf_addstr(path, e->d_name); - if (lstat(path->buf, &st)) + if ((follow_symlink && stat(path->buf, &st)) || + (!follow_symlink && lstat(path->buf, &st))) goto cleanup; /* determine d_type from st_mode */ |