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diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index 9daa0cb9a..3a9b32f6b 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 			goto deleted_file;
 
 		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-			size_t len = st.st_size;
+			size_t len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
 			result_size = len;
 			result = xmalloc(len + 1);
 			if (result_size != readlink(elem->path, result, len)) {
@@ -697,10 +697,20 @@ static void show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 		}
 		else if (0 <= (fd = open(elem->path, O_RDONLY)) &&
 			 !fstat(fd, &st)) {
-			size_t len = st.st_size;
+			size_t len = xsize_t(st.st_size);
 			size_t sz = 0;
+			int is_file, i;
 
 			elem->mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
+			/* if symlinks don't work, assume symlink if all parents
+			 * are symlinks
+			 */
+			is_file = has_symlinks;
+			for (i = 0; !is_file && i < num_parent; i++)
+				is_file = !S_ISLNK(elem->parent[i].mode);
+			if (!is_file)
+				elem->mode = canon_mode(S_IFLNK);
+
 			result_size = len;
 			result = xmalloc(len + 1);
 			while (sz < len) {