1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-fat b/git-fat
index 799a05a..139de3b 100755
--- a/git-fat
+++ b/git-fat
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class GitFat(object):
             return itertools.chain([preamble], readblocks(stream)), None
     def decode_file(self, fname):
         # Fast check
-        stat = os.stat(fname)
+        stat = os.lstat(fname)
         if stat.st_size != self.magiclen:
             return False, None
         # read file