Handle symlinks graciously

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index bfc864d9ccd94215aae9cc899c83e9ad149c590c..66057e5d6123c52be9baf8571b3d7a43f6bbaf94 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void diff_fill_sha1_info(struct diff_filespec *one)
        if (DIFF_FILE_VALID(one)) {
                if (!one->sha1_valid) {
                        struct stat st;
-                       if (stat(one->path, &st) < 0)
+                       if (lstat(one->path, &st) < 0)
                                die("stat %s", one->path);
                        if (index_path(one->sha1, one->path, &st, 0))
                                die("cannot hash %s\n", one->path);