+ if (to_tempfile) {
+ strcpy(path, ".merge_link_XXXXXX");
+ fd = mkstemp(path);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ free(new);
+ return error("git-checkout-index: unable to create "
+ "file %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
+ }
+ wrote = write(fd, new, size);
+ close(fd);
+ free(new);
+ if (wrote != size)
+ return error("git-checkout-index: unable to write file %s",
+ path);
+ } else {
+ wrote = symlink(new, path);