- if (!cached) {
- if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
- die("unable to stat newly created file %s", path);
- fill_stat_cache_info(ce, &st);
+ if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
+ const char *s = buf;
+
+ if (get_sha1_hex(s + strlen("Subproject commit "), ce->sha1))
+ die("corrupt patch for subproject %s", path);
+ } else {
+ if (!cached) {
+ if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
+ die("unable to stat newly created file %s",
+ path);
+ fill_stat_cache_info(ce, &st);
+ }
+ if (write_sha1_file(buf, size, blob_type, ce->sha1) < 0)
+ die("unable to create backing store for newly created file %s", path);