From e808920da05ae22b46a98339158a641c2feb5bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassondra Foesch <puellanivis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 08:31:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] remove unnecessary  block, and explain why the one added is
 necessary

---
 client.go | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index ee372f07..b30159b4 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ func (c *Client) Lstat(p string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 		}
 		attr, _, err := unmarshalAttrs(data)
 		if err != nil {
+			// avoid returning a valid value from fileInfoFromStats if err != nil.
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return fileInfoFromStat(attr, path.Base(p)), nil
@@ -667,9 +668,6 @@ func (c *Client) stat(path string) (*FileStat, error) {
 			return nil, &unexpectedIDErr{id, sid}
 		}
 		attr, _, err := unmarshalAttrs(data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
 		return attr, err
 	case sshFxpStatus:
 		return nil, normaliseError(unmarshalStatus(id, data))