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diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 0d561246e..649f34f83 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 
+/*
+ * Do not use this for inspecting *tracked* content.  When path is a
+ * symlink to a directory, we do not want to say it is a directory when
+ * dealing with tracked content in the working tree.
+ */
+int is_directory(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	return (!stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
+}
+
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
 
@@ -17,7 +28,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 		die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 
 	while (depth--) {
-		if (stat(buf, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		if (!is_directory(buf)) {
 			char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
 			if (last_slash) {
 				*last_slash = '\0';
@@ -53,6 +64,8 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 			len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
 			if (len < 0)
 				die ("Invalid symlink: %s", buf);
+			if (PATH_MAX <= len)
+				die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
 			next_buf[len] = '\0';
 			buf = next_buf;
 			buf_index = 1 - buf_index;