--- a/tests/test-extdiff.t	Fri Apr 29 09:43:21 2011 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-extdiff.t	Fri Apr 29 11:10:11 2011 +0200
@@ -177,3 +177,20 @@
   $ hg extdif -p echo -r "0::1"
   */extdiff.*/a.8a5febb7f867/a a.34eed99112ab/a (glob)
   [1]
+
+  $ cd ..
+
+Test symlinks handling (issue1909)
+
+  $ hg init testsymlinks
+  $ cd testsymlinks
+  $ echo a > a
+  $ hg ci -Am adda
+  adding a
+  $ echo a >> a
+  $ ln -s missing linka
+  $ hg add linka
+  $ hg falabala -r 0 --traceback
+  diffing testsymlinks.07f494440405 testsymlinks
+  [1]
+  $ cd ..