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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Now, if we have to remove it, we did a stat() before that.  It succeeded.  
> So we know that "a/b/c/d/e/f/" exists.  It might contain some symlinks, 
> but it exists.

Yes, it is exactly the thing.  It might contain a/b/c as symlink
but the index does not say a/b/c _IS_ a symlink, and the code
"fixes" that.  Otherwise, you would get inconsistent result from
"git checkout" depending on random symlink you happen to have in
your working tree.