tests: provide symlink support helper function

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tests/repo/init.c b/tests/repo/init.c
index 52cf1577b..677c23891 100644
--- a/tests/repo/init.c
+++ b/tests/repo/init.c
@@ -249,15 +249,8 @@ void test_repo_init__detect_ignorecase(void)
 
 void test_repo_init__detect_symlinks(void)
 {
-	struct stat st;
-	bool no_symlinks;
-
-	no_symlinks = (p_symlink("target", "link") < 0 ||
-	    p_lstat("link", &st) < 0 ||
-	    ! (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)));
-
 	assert_config_entry_on_init(
-	    "core.symlinks", no_symlinks ? false : GIT_ENOTFOUND);
+	    "core.symlinks", filesystem_supports_symlinks("link") ? GIT_ENOTFOUND : false);
 }
 
 void test_repo_init__detect_precompose_unicode_required(void)
diff --git a/tests/repo/repo_helpers.c b/tests/repo/repo_helpers.c
index 4dc5bfc6f..50a201e86 100644
--- a/tests/repo/repo_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/repo/repo_helpers.c
@@ -20,3 +20,15 @@ void delete_head(git_repository* repo)
 
 	git_buf_dispose(&head_path);
 }
+
+int filesystem_supports_symlinks(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (p_symlink("target", path) < 0 ||
+		p_lstat(path, &st) < 0 ||
+		!(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/tests/repo/repo_helpers.h b/tests/repo/repo_helpers.h
index 6783d5701..f184865ce 100644
--- a/tests/repo/repo_helpers.h
+++ b/tests/repo/repo_helpers.h
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 
 extern void make_head_unborn(git_repository* repo, const char *target);
 extern void delete_head(git_repository* repo);
+extern int filesystem_supports_symlinks(const char *path);