Fwd: Bug report (symlink, git stash)

Hi devs,

I found a bug (easy to reproduce):

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

mkdir back
mkdir shared
touch shared/foo
ln -s shared/ back/shared
git init
git add .
git commit -m 'Initial commit'
unlink back/shared
mv shared/ back/shared
git stash
git stash apply

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
I expected to get back the same file structure as before git stash

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
The shared folder was removed

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
I expected the back/shared folder to be a folder, but instead it was a
symlink which was marked for removal.

Anything else you want to add:
Nope.

Please review the rest of the bug report below.
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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.37.2
cpu: x86_64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
uname: Linux 5.19.2-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 17 Aug 2022
13:48:51 +0000 x86_64
compiler info: gnuc: 12.1
libc info: glibc: 2.36
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /usr/bin/fish


[Enabled Hooks]

Thanks,
David Biro