add_ref(): verify that the refname is formatted correctly

diff --git a/symlinks.c b/symlinks.c
index 3cacebd91adc2958e81d952523bd7cfe0078078c..034943bda0e8be781f4a7568f0dbb5b1958f7e15 100644 (file)
--- a/symlinks.c
+++ b/symlinks.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int check_leading_path(const char *name, int len)
        int flags;
        int match_len = lstat_cache_matchlen(cache, name, len, &flags,
                           FL_SYMLINK|FL_NOENT|FL_DIR, USE_ONLY_LSTAT);
-       if (flags & (FL_SYMLINK|FL_NOENT))
+       if (flags & FL_NOENT)
                return 0;
        else if (flags & FL_DIR)
                return -1;