Introduce remove_dir_recursively()

There was a function called remove_empty_dir_recursive() buried
in refs.c.  Expose a slightly enhanced version in dir.h: it can now
optionally remove a non-empty directory.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index eb6c3abd30..b18257e65f 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -685,3 +685,44 @@ int is_inside_dir(const char *dir)
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 	return get_relative_cwd(buffer, sizeof(buffer), dir) != NULL;
 }
+
+int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int only_empty)
+{
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path->buf);
+	struct dirent *e;
+	int ret = 0, original_len = path->len, len;
+
+	if (!dir)
+		return -1;
+	if (path->buf[original_len - 1] != '/')
+		strbuf_addch(path, '/');
+
+	len = path->len;
+	while ((e = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		struct stat st;
+		if ((e->d_name[0] == '.') &&
+		    ((e->d_name[1] == 0) ||
+		     ((e->d_name[1] == '.') && e->d_name[2] == 0)))
+			continue; /* "." and ".." */
+
+		strbuf_setlen(path, len);
+		strbuf_addstr(path, e->d_name);
+		if (lstat(path->buf, &st))
+			; /* fall thru */
+		else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+			if (!remove_dir_recursively(path, only_empty))
+				continue; /* happy */
+		} else if (!only_empty && !unlink(path->buf))
+			continue; /* happy, too */
+
+		/* path too long, stat fails, or non-directory still exists */
+		ret = -1;
+		break;
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+
+	strbuf_setlen(path, original_len);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = rmdir(path->buf);
+	return ret;
+}