From 07f759a3f4dfc769bb53ab601931c6f1dd56be95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Holland-Moritz <github@mhxnet.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:41:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(metadata_v2): check for any files before building
 hardlink table

---
 src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
index ccc70580..247ccea8 100644
--- a/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/internal/metadata_v2.cpp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ class metadata_ final : public metadata_v2::impl {
   build_nlinks(metadata_options const& options) const {
     packed_int_vector<uint32_t> packed_nlinks;
 
-    if (options.enable_nlink) {
+    if (options.enable_nlink && dev_inode_offset_ > file_inode_offset_) {
       auto td = LOG_TIMED_DEBUG;
 
       std::vector<uint32_t> nlinks(dev_inode_offset_ - file_inode_offset_);