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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] safe.directory: normalize the configured path

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
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Aug 15, 2024, 09:51 UTC
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On 14/08/2024 18:15, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 25/07/2024 17:11, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I think this is sensible if the key is an absolute path, if the key is
>>>> a relative path I think we should ignore it as it is not clear which
>>>> directory the user meant.
>>> The only thing that worries me in that proposal is that doing so
>>> would break a configuration that used to work.  I'd rather leave
>>> the tightening of it to future work with its own justification.
>>
>> As far as I know the only caller that tried to match a relative
>> directory was enter_repo(), all of the other code paths pass an
>> absolute path from getcwd(). Before this series git daemon required
>> the relative directory "." to be specified in addition to the absolute
>> path so that will not be broken by removing support for relative
>> directories. Are there other users of enter_repo() that still rely on
>> being able to match relative paths?
> 
> Offhand I do not know of any, but no guarantees.  I am tempted to
> leave it as a prerequisite task for those who want to tighten this
> codepath further.

Fair enough. I will note though that this change makes it much more likely that "safe.directory=." will match as it now behaves like "*". Previously it only matched when we tried to match it against "." whereas now it matches any directory.

Best Wishes
Phillip
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Message 13 of 39 in “safe.directory clean-up”
  1. 0/2 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  2. 1/2 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  3. 2/2 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  4. 3/2 setup: use a single return path in setup_git_directory*()Junio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  5. 4/2 setup: cache normalized safe.directory configurationJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  6. 0/3 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  7. 1/3 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  8. 2/3 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  9. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  11. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2024
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2024
  13. Phillip WoodAug 15, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2024
  15. Jeff KingJul 26, 2024
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2024
  17. Jeff KingJul 27, 2024
  18. 3/3 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  19. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  21. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  23. 0/3 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  24. 1/3 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  25. 2/3 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  26. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2024
  28. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  29. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2024
  31. safe.directory: preliminary clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  32. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  33. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  34. 3/3 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  35. 0/4 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  36. 2/4 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  37. 1/4 safe.directory: preliminary clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  38. 4/4 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  39. 3/4 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024

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