Re: [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Instead, for any patch in the input that leaves a path (i.e. a non
deletion) in the result, we check all leading paths against interim
result and then either the index or the working tree.  The interim
results of applying patches are kept track of by fn_table logic for
us already, so use it to fiture out if existing a symbolic link will

s/fiture/figure/
s/existing a symbolic link/an existing symbolic link/

cause problems, if a new symbolic link that will cause problems will
appear, etc.