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Diffstat (limited to 'update-cache.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | update-cache.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/update-cache.c b/update-cache.c index 1e4e62c..69b1afe 100644 --- a/update-cache.c +++ b/update-cache.c @@ -53,14 +53,23 @@ static void fill_stat_cache_info(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st) static int add_file_to_cache(char *path) { - int size, namelen, option; + int size, namelen, option, status; struct cache_entry *ce; struct stat st; int fd; char *target; - if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) { - if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) { + status = lstat(path, &st); + if (status < 0 || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) { + /* When we used to have "path" and now we want to add + * "path/file", we need a way to remove "path" before + * being able to add "path/file". However, + * "git-update-cache --remove path" would not work. + * --force-remove can be used but this is more user + * friendly, especially since we can do the opposite + * case just fine without --force-remove. + */ + if (status == 0 || (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)) { if (allow_remove) return remove_file_from_cache(path); } |