Index: DirectoryScanner.java
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--- DirectoryScanner.java	(revision 680905)
+++ DirectoryScanner.java	(working copy)
@@ -1118,6 +1118,18 @@
                     filesNotIncluded.addElement(name);
                 }
             } else { // dir
+                try {
+                    // Check for symlinks to parent directories (ala Java SE 1.6 on Mac OS X)
+                    if (FILE_UTILS.isLeadingPath(file.getCanonicalFile(), dir.getCanonicalFile())) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                        String msg = "IOException caught while checking "
+                            + "for links to parent dirs, couldn't get canonical path!";
+                        // will be caught and redirected to Ant's logging system
+                        System.err.println(msg);
+                }
+
                 if (isIncluded(name)) {
                     accountForIncludedDir(name, file, fast, children);
                 } else {