clean: only lstat files in pathspec

diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 1032563e5fae880df9256c9eafaa96d60462ecd2..3c1f4b0908c22d025cbb90b9a0d6ced9f0c9a6c4 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -940,15 +940,15 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                if (!cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len))
                        continue;
 
-               if (lstat(ent->name, &st))
-                       die_errno("Cannot lstat '%s'", ent->name);
-
                if (pathspec.nr)
                        matches = dir_path_match(ent, &pathspec, 0, NULL);
 
                if (pathspec.nr && !matches)
                        continue;
 
+               if (lstat(ent->name, &st))
+                       die_errno("Cannot lstat '%s'", ent->name);
+
                if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !remove_directories &&
                    matches != MATCHED_EXACTLY)
                        continue;