Merge branch 'jt/merge-recursive-symlink-is-not-a-dir-in-way'

A bug in merge-recursive code that triggers when a branch with a
symbolic link is merged with a branch that replaces it with a
directory has been fixed.

* jt/merge-recursive-symlink-is-not-a-dir-in-way:
  merge-recursive: symlink's descendants not in way

merge-recursive.c

@@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ static int dir_in_way(struct index_state *istate, const char *path,
 
 	strbuf_release(&dirpath);
 	return check_working_copy && !lstat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) &&
-		!(empty_ok && is_empty_dir(path));
+		!(empty_ok && is_empty_dir(path)) &&
+		!has_symlink_leading_path(path, strlen(path));
 }
 
 /*

t/t3030-merge-recursive.sh

@@ -452,6 +452,34 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-recursive d/f conflict result' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'dir in working tree with symlink ancestor does not produce d/f conflict' '
+	git init sym &&
+	(
+		cd sym &&
+		ln -s . foo &&
+		mkdir bar &&
+		>bar/file &&
+		git add foo bar/file &&
+		git commit -m "foo symlink" &&
+
+		git checkout -b branch1 &&
+		git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit" &&
+
+		git checkout master &&
+		git rm foo &&
+		mkdir foo &&
+		>foo/bar &&
+		git add foo/bar &&
+		git commit -m "replace foo symlink with real foo dir and foo/bar file" &&
+
+		git checkout branch1 &&
+
+		git cherry-pick master &&
+		test_path_is_dir foo &&
+		test_path_is_file foo/bar
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'reset and 3-way merge' '
 
 	git reset --hard "$c2" &&