-static int check_to_create_blob(const char *new_name, int ok_if_exists)
-{
- struct stat nst;
- if (!lstat(new_name, &nst)) {
- if (S_ISDIR(nst.st_mode) || ok_if_exists)
- return 0;
- /*
- * A leading component of new_name might be a symlink
- * that is going to be removed with this patch, but
- * still pointing at somewhere that has the path.
- * In such a case, path "new_name" does not exist as
- * far as git is concerned.
- */
- if (has_symlink_leading_path(new_name, strlen(new_name)))
- return 0;
-
- return error(_("%s: already exists in working directory"), new_name);
- }
- else if ((errno != ENOENT) && (errno != ENOTDIR))
- return error("%s: %s", new_name, strerror(errno));
- return 0;
-}
-