# HG changeset patch
# User Eric St-Jean <esj@wwd.ca>
# Date 1174533656 14400
# Node ID ad33eeeeb50a3d07451e25f37988b4e5cc5a3d6c
# Parent  1eaa8d90c6890f7556995be719803687cfb19429
Backup symbolic links when reverting

diff -r 1eaa8d90c689 -r ad33eeeeb50a mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Mar 21 23:20:56 2007 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Mar 21 23:20:56 2007 -0400
@@ -2256,7 +2256,8 @@
         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))