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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 9a1e2f269dc5eff3b7544507a1e483948cc1254d..2a58dad3f43590008045282614fb0f174f3733e5 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1046,14 +1046,16 @@ static struct merge_file_info merge_file(struct diff_filespec *o,
 
                        free(result_buf.ptr);
                        result.clean = (merge_status == 0);
-               } else {
-                       if (!(S_ISLNK(a->mode) || S_ISLNK(b->mode)))
-                               die("cannot merge modes?");
-
+               } else if (S_ISGITLINK(a->mode)) {
+                       result.clean = 0;
+                       hashcpy(result.sha, a->sha1);
+               } else if (S_ISLNK(a->mode)) {
                        hashcpy(result.sha, a->sha1);
 
                        if (!sha_eq(a->sha1, b->sha1))
                                result.clean = 0;
+               } else {
+                       die("unsupported object type in the tree");
                }
        }