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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 0d561246e0..4bee0ba1ec 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
#include "cache.h"
+/*
+ * Do not use this for inspecting *tracked* content. When path is a
+ * symlink to a directory, we do not want to say it is a directory when
+ * dealing with tracked content in the working tree.
+ */
+int is_directory(const char *path)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+ return (!stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
+}
+
/* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
#define MAXDEPTH 5
@@ -17,7 +28,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
while (depth--) {
- if (stat(buf, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+ if (!is_directory(buf)) {
char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
if (last_slash) {
*last_slash = '\0';
@@ -30,13 +41,13 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
if (*buf) {
if (!*cwd && !getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)))
- die ("Could not get current working directory");
+ die_errno ("Could not get current working directory");
if (chdir(buf))
- die ("Could not switch to '%s'", buf);
+ die_errno ("Could not switch to '%s'", buf);
}
if (!getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX))
- die ("Could not get current working directory");
+ die_errno ("Could not get current working directory");
if (last_elem) {
int len = strlen(buf);
@@ -52,7 +63,9 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
if (!lstat(buf, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
if (len < 0)
- die ("Invalid symlink: %s", buf);
+ die_errno ("Invalid symlink '%s'", buf);
+ if (PATH_MAX <= len)
+ die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
next_buf[len] = '\0';
buf = next_buf;
buf_index = 1 - buf_index;
@@ -62,7 +75,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
}
if (*cwd && chdir(cwd))
- die ("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
+ die_errno ("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
return buf;
}
@@ -96,7 +109,7 @@ const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
} else {
const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
if (!cwd)
- die("Cannot determine the current working directory");
+ die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
}