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[PATCH 5/7] chdir() into list_commands() dir instead of building paths for stat()

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Scott R Parish <srp@srparish.net>
Date
Oct 25, 2007, 03:37 UTC
Message-ID
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Signed-off-by: Scott R Parish <srp@srparish.net>
---
 help.c |   18 +++---------------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 950f62d..906f8f6 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -96,35 +96,23 @@ static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdname **cmdname, int longest)
 static void list_commands(const char *exec_path, const char *prefix)
 {
 	unsigned int longest = 0;
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	int dirlen;
 	int prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
 	DIR *dir = opendir(exec_path);
 	struct dirent *de;
 
-	if (!dir) {
+	if (!dir || chdir(exec_path)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s': %s\n", exec_path, strerror(errno));
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	dirlen = strlen(exec_path);
-	if (PATH_MAX - 20 < dirlen) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "git: insanely long exec-path '%s'\n",
-			exec_path);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	memcpy(path, exec_path, dirlen);
-	path[dirlen++] = '/';
-
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		struct stat st;
 		int entlen;
 
 		if (prefixcmp(de->d_name, prefix))
 			continue;
-		strcpy(path+dirlen, de->d_name);
-		if (stat(path, &st) || /* stat, not lstat */
+
+		if (stat(de->d_name, &st) || /* stat, not lstat */
 		    !S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ||
 		    !(st.st_mode & S_IXUSR))
 			continue;
-- 
gitgui.0.8.4.11176.gd9205-dirty
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Message 5 of 19 in “"git" calls help_unknown_cmd(""); "git help" and "git help -a" return 0”
  1. 1/7 "git" calls help_unknown_cmd(""); "git help" and "git help -a" return 0Scott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  2. 2/7 s/pattern/prefix/ in help's list_commandsScott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  3. 3/7 "current_exec_path" is a misleading name, use "argv_exec_path" Signed-off-by: Scott R Parish <srp@srparish.net>Scott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  4. 4/7 use only the PATH for exec'ing git commandsScott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  5. 5/7 chdir() into list_commands() dir instead of building paths for stat()Scott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  6. 6/7 walk PATH to generate list of commands for "help -a"Scott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  7. 7/7 shell should call setup_path() instead of manually setting up its pathScott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2007
  9. Scott ParishOct 25, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2007
  11. Scott ParishOct 25, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2007
  13. Scott ParishOct 25, 2007
  14. 2/7 remove unused/unneeded "pattern" argument of list_commandsScott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  15. 5/7 chdir() into list_commands() dir instead of building paths for stat()Scott R Parish, Oct 25, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2007
  17. Scott ParishOct 25, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2007
  19. Scott ParishOct 27, 2007

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