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diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index e2b5878f..432d1262 100644
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -334,8 +334,27 @@ add_files_recursive (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
notmuch_filenames_advance (db_subdirs);
}
- if (entry->d_type != DT_REG)
+ /* If we're looking at a symlink, we only want to add it if it
+ * links to a regular file, (and not to a directory, say). */
+ if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK) {
+ int err;
+
+ next = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
+ err = stat (next, &st);
+ talloc_free (next);
+ next = NULL;
+
+ /* Don't emit an error for a link pointing nowhere, since
+ * the directory-traversal pass will have already done
+ * that. */
+ if (err)
+ continue;
+
+ if (! S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
+ continue;
+ } else if (entry->d_type != DT_REG) {
continue;
+ }
/* Don't add a file that we've added before. */
if (notmuch_filenames_has_more (db_files) &&