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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/object-name.c b/object-name.c
index 2dc5d2549b..4d2746574c 100644
--- a/object-name.c
+++ b/object-name.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,8 @@ static void diagnose_invalid_index_path(struct repository *r,
pos = -pos - 1;
if (pos < istate->cache_nr) {
ce = istate->cache[pos];
- if (ce_namelen(ce) == namelen &&
+ if (!S_ISSPARSEDIR(ce->ce_mode) &&
+ ce_namelen(ce) == namelen &&
!memcmp(ce->name, filename, namelen))
die(_("path '%s' is in the index, but not at stage %d\n"
"hint: Did you mean ':%d:%s'?"),
@@ -1848,7 +1849,8 @@ static void diagnose_invalid_index_path(struct repository *r,
pos = -pos - 1;
if (pos < istate->cache_nr) {
ce = istate->cache[pos];
- if (ce_namelen(ce) == fullname.len &&
+ if (!S_ISSPARSEDIR(ce->ce_mode) &&
+ ce_namelen(ce) == fullname.len &&
!memcmp(ce->name, fullname.buf, fullname.len))
die(_("path '%s' is in the index, but not '%s'\n"
"hint: Did you mean ':%d:%s' aka ':%d:./%s'?"),