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[PATCH] error out if path is invalid

From
Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 5, 2008, 02:14 UTC
Message-ID
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Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-update-index.c |    2 +-
 read-cache.c           |    6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 417f972..3a2291b 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int add_cacheinfo(unsigned int mode, const unsigned char *sha1,
 	struct cache_entry *ce;
 
 	if (!verify_path(path))
-		return -1;
+		return error("Invalid path '%s'", path);
 
 	len = strlen(path);
 	size = cache_entry_size(len);
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 972592e..43dc338 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -591,8 +591,10 @@ struct cache_entry *make_cache_entry(unsigned int mode,
 	int size, len;
 	struct cache_entry *ce;
 
-	if (!verify_path(path))
+	if (!verify_path(path)) {
+		error("Invalid path '%s'", path);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	len = strlen(path);
 	size = cache_entry_size(len);
@@ -884,7 +886,7 @@ static int add_index_entry_with_check(struct index_state *istate, struct cache_e
 	if (!ok_to_add)
 		return -1;
 	if (!verify_path(ce->name))
-		return -1;
+		return error("Invalid path '%s'", ce->name);
 
 	if (!skip_df_check &&
 	    check_file_directory_conflict(istate, ce, pos, ok_to_replace)) {
-- 
1.6.0
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  1. make prefix_path() never return NULLDmitry Potapov, Oct 5, 2008
  2. do not segfault if make_cache_entry failedDmitry Potapov, Oct 5, 2008
  3. error out if path is invalidDmitry Potapov, Oct 5, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtOct 6, 2008
  5. Dmitry PotapovOct 7, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtOct 7, 2008
  7. print an error message for invalid pathDmitry Potapov, Oct 11, 2008

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