# HG changeset patch
# User Alexis S. L. Carvalho <alexis@cecm.usp.br>
# Date 1181772958 10800
# Node ID 6a8e1dd18ba28e3fffd475c929e07b5ceb441ed5
# Parent  eb403f295ff17e52afe178719d1c5e934c23065c
commands.commit: symlinks are supported

diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
                     if i >= len(slist) or not slist[i].startswith(name):
                         raise util.Abort(_("no match under directory %s!")
                                          % rf)
-                elif not stat.S_ISREG(mode):
+                elif not (stat.S_ISREG(mode) or stat.S_ISLNK(mode)):
                     raise util.Abort(_("can't commit %s: "
                                        "unsupported file type!") % rf)
     else:
diff --git a/tests/test-symlink-basic b/tests/test-symlink-basic
--- a/tests/test-symlink-basic
+++ b/tests/test-symlink-basic
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+cleanpath()
+{
+    sed -e "s:/.*\(/test-symlink-basic/.*\):...\1:"
+}
+
 cat >> readlink.py <<EOF
 import os
 import sys
@@ -11,6 +16,7 @@ EOF
 hg init a
 cd a
 ln -s nothing dangling
+hg commit -m 'commit symlink without adding' -d '0 0' dangling 2>&1 | cleanpath
 hg add dangling
 hg commit -m 'add symlink' -d '0 0'
 
diff --git a/tests/test-symlink-basic.out b/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
--- a/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
+++ b/tests/test-symlink-basic.out
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+abort: file .../test-symlink-basic/a/dangling not tracked!
 changeset:   0:cabd88b706fc
 tag:         tip
 user:        test