return error("git-checkout-index: unable to write file %s", path);
break;
case S_IFLNK:
- if (to_tempfile) {
- strcpy(path, ".merge_link_XXXXXX");
- fd = mkstemp(path);
+ if (to_tempfile || !has_symlinks) {
+ if (to_tempfile) {
+ strcpy(path, ".merge_link_XXXXXX");
+ fd = mkstemp(path);
+ } else
+ fd = create_file(path, 0666);
if (fd < 0) {
free(new);
return error("git-checkout-index: unable to create "