Johannes Sixt wrote:
> +test_ln_s_add () {
> +       if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
> +       then
> +               ln -s "$1" "$2" &&
> +               git update-index --add "$2"
> +       else
> +               printf '%s' "$1" >"$2" &&
> +               ln_s_obj=$(git hash-object -w "$2") &&
> +               git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000 $ln_s_obj "$2"
> +       fi
> +}

Nicely done.  As far as git is concerned, a symlink is nothing but a
plain file containing the destination filename (minus the newline)
with mode 120000 in the index.

> +test_ln_s () {
> +       if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
> +       then
> +               ln -s "$1" "$2"
> +       else
> +               printf '%s' "$1" >"$2"
> +       fi
> +}

What is this?  We can't test_ln_s something and then 'git add' it, so
what purpose does this serve?
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