# HG changeset patch
# User Eric St-Jean <esj@wwd.ca>
# Date 2007-03-22 03:20:56
# Node ID ad33eeeeb50a3d07451e25f37988b4e5cc5a3d6c
# Parent  1eaa8d90c6890f7556995be719803687cfb19429

Backup symbolic links when reverting

diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -2256,7 +2256,8 @@ def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         def handle(xlist, dobackup):
             xlist[0].append(abs)
             update[abs] = 1
-            if dobackup and not opts['no_backup'] and os.path.exists(rel):
+            if (dobackup and not opts['no_backup'] and
+                (os.path.islink(rel) or os.path.exists(rel))):
                 bakname = "%s.orig" % rel
                 ui.note(_('saving current version of %s as %s\n') %
                         (rel, bakname))