diff --git a/lib/git_tree.class.php b/lib/git_tree.class.php
index f7a0495..5acb5cb 100644
--- a/lib/git_tree.class.php
+++ b/lib/git_tree.class.php
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public function _unserialize($data)
 	    $pos = strpos($data, "\0", $start);
 	    list($node->mode, $node->name) = explode(' ', substr($data, $start, $pos-$start), 2);
 	    $node->mode = intval($node->mode, 8);
+            // alexgorbatchev :: http://www.raspberryginger.com/jbailey/minix/html/stat_8h.html
+            // added support for symlinks
+            $node->is_symlink = (($node->mode & 61440) == 40960);
             $node->is_dir = !!($node->mode & 040000);
             $node->is_submodule = ($node->mode == 57344);
 	    $node->object = substr($data, $pos+1, 20);