commit 450d4c0f5a966b3f5835107ec4d8c344c8c25908
author Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Sun Oct 26 03:33:57 2008 +0100
committer Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Sun Oct 26 14:43:26 2008 -0700
tree f442e4f906b7b40fe8d19083471cac23539d1c69
parent eca35a25a92a1ad725af2a549fc9158488c4cc43

rename_ref(): handle the case when the reflog of a ref does not exist

We tried to check if a reflog of a ref is a symlink without first
checking if it exists, which is a bug.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

refs.c

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b929301..b39e6f2 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
 	const char *symref = NULL;
 	int is_symref = 0;
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(loginfo.st_mode))
+	if (log && S_ISLNK(loginfo.st_mode))
 		return error("reflog for %s is a symlink", oldref);
 
 	symref = resolve_ref(oldref, orig_sha1, 1, &flag);