Sync with v2.38.1

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index ed8d44bb6a..547d6464b3 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -320,13 +320,11 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest,
 	int src_len, dest_len;
 	struct dir_iterator *iter;
 	int iter_status;
-	unsigned int flags;
 	struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	mkdir_if_missing(dest->buf, 0777);
 
-	flags = DIR_ITERATOR_PEDANTIC | DIR_ITERATOR_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS;
-	iter = dir_iterator_begin(src->buf, flags);
+	iter = dir_iterator_begin(src->buf, DIR_ITERATOR_PEDANTIC);
 
 	if (!iter)
 		die_errno(_("failed to start iterator over '%s'"), src->buf);
@@ -342,6 +340,10 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dest,
 		strbuf_setlen(dest, dest_len);
 		strbuf_addstr(dest, iter->relative_path);
 
+		if (S_ISLNK(iter->st.st_mode))
+			die(_("symlink '%s' exists, refusing to clone with --local"),
+			    iter->relative_path);
+
 		if (S_ISDIR(iter->st.st_mode)) {
 			mkdir_if_missing(dest->buf, 0777);
 			continue;