apply: do not read from beyond a symbolic link

diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index 6fb59f32937102b4b5cdb014774bee5dbfe5a1f0..c987b5ed652b977cc2169bdd4c64f42eccdf63db 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ test_expect_success 'status -s submodule summary (clean submodule)' '
 
 test_expect_success 'status -z implies porcelain' '
        git status --porcelain |
-       "$PERL_PATH" -pe "s/\012/\000/g" >expect &&
+       perl -pe "s/\012/\000/g" >expect &&
        git status -z >output &&
        test_cmp expect output
 '