From 8355eb6e1109b91654363fae01b903735895c295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:14:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] meson: Check if files returned by git ls-files actually exist

Otherwise you run into errors such as:

"""
../meson.build:2899:28: ERROR: File src/test/test-loop-util.c does not exist.
"""

when deleting a file in git without staging the deletion.
---
 meson.build           | 8 +++++++-
 test/fuzz/meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5e01f22d5b4..1c296073c29 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2896,7 +2896,13 @@ if git.found()
                      'ls-files', ':/*.[ch]', ':/*.cc',
                 check : false)
         if all_files.returncode() == 0
-                all_files = files(all_files.stdout().split())
+                existing_files = []
+                foreach f : all_files.stdout().split()
+                        if fs.exists(f)
+                                existing_files += f
+                        endif
+                endforeach
+                all_files = files(existing_files)
 
                 custom_target(
                         output : 'tags',
diff --git a/test/fuzz/meson.build b/test/fuzz/meson.build
index 6f9f43a4105..d19fda3a02e 100644
--- a/test/fuzz/meson.build
+++ b/test/fuzz/meson.build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ foreach p : out.stdout().split()
         #
         # Also, backslashes get mangled, so skip test. See
         # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1564.
-        if p.contains('\\')
+        if p.contains('\\') or not fs.exists(p)
                 continue
         endif
         fuzzer = fs.name(fs.parent(p))
-- 
2.47.3