resolve_ref(): explicitly fail if a symlink is not readable

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 4d73cc9cd26708b4cb41e86fb319b93f526cb2f2..6f3f5d56c0ed76f50d1aa37646d18ae280f1edbb 100644 (file)
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
                strbuf_addch(&buf, '/');
        strbuf_addstr(&buf, ".git");
 
-       git_dir = read_gitfile_gently(buf.buf);
+       git_dir = read_gitfile(buf.buf);
        if (git_dir) {
                strbuf_reset(&buf);
                strbuf_addstr(&buf, git_dir);