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[PATCH 7/9] setup: clean up setup_discovered_git_dir()

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2010, 06:26 UTC
Message-ID
<1288592794-24221-7-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<AANLkTim-uW4Esk1bkPzNNGRb8svZoNwCUvXF3Fqb4QmR@mail.gmail.com>

If core.bare is true, discard the discovered worktree, move back to original cwd.

This change may set GIT_DIR env var to ".git" via set_git_dir(). This bothers alias handling because handle_alias() does

1. prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(..)
2. look up alias
3. chdir(prefix)

After step 1, GIT_DIR may be set to ".git" (relative to worktree), but step 3 moves cwd back to original cwd. When the next setup_git_directory_gently() is called by run_builtin(), it will mistakenly find ".git" in original cwd.

As a workaround, teach set_git_dir() not to set to ".git". setup_git_env() will default to ".git" later on. Alias handling code will need more work later.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 The alias breakage is new. It should be fixed by calling setup_git_*
 only once. No "chdir(prefix)" any more. And that fix will be needed
 before we can turn more git_dir to relative path.
 But for now the workaround is enough, I think.
 environment.c         |    6 +++-
 setup.c               |   71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 t/t1510-repo-setup.sh |   24 ++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index d811049..15764ee 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ char *get_graft_file(void)
 
 int set_git_dir(const char *path)
 {
-	if (setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, path, 1))
-		return error("Could not set GIT_DIR to '%s'", path);
+	if (strcmp(path, DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT)) {
+		if (setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, path, 1))
+			return error("Could not set GIT_DIR to '%s'", path);
+	}
 	setup_git_env();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index a6cc044..2dd5f78 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -362,39 +362,26 @@ static const char *setup_explicit_git_dir(const char *gitdirenv,
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int cwd_contains_git_dir(const char **gitfile_dirp)
+static const char *setup_discovered_git_dir(const char *gitdir,
+					    char *cwd, int offset, int len,
+					    int *nongit_ok)
 {
-	const char *gitfile_dir = read_gitfile_gently(DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
-	*gitfile_dirp = gitfile_dir;
-	if (gitfile_dir) {
-		if (set_git_dir(gitfile_dir))
-			die("Repository setup failed");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (is_git_directory(DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT)) {
-		*gitfile_dirp = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
+	if (check_repository_format_gently(gitdir, nongit_ok))
+		return NULL;
 
-static const char *setup_discovered_git_dir(const char *work_tree_env,
-					    const char *gitdir,
-					    int offset, int len,
-					    char *cwd, int *nongit_ok)
-{
-	int root_len;
-	char *work_tree;
+	/* #16.2, #17.2, #20.2, #21.2, #24, #25, #28, #29 (see t1510) */
+	if (is_bare_repository_cfg > 0) {
+		set_git_dir(offset == len ? gitdir : make_absolute_path(gitdir));
+		if (chdir(cwd))
+			die_errno("Could not come back to cwd");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
+	/* #0, #1, #5, #8, #9, #12, #13 */
+	set_git_work_tree(".");
+	set_git_dir(gitdir);
 	inside_git_dir = 0;
-	if (!work_tree_env)
-		inside_work_tree = 1;
-	root_len = offset_1st_component(cwd);
-	work_tree = xstrndup(cwd, offset > root_len ? offset : root_len);
-	set_git_work_tree(work_tree);
-	free(work_tree);
-	if (check_repository_format_gently(gitdir, nongit_ok))
-		return NULL;
+	inside_work_tree = 1;
 	if (offset == len)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -456,8 +443,8 @@ static const char *setup_git_directory_gently_1(int *nongit_ok)
 	const char *work_tree_env = getenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT);
 	const char *env_ceiling_dirs = getenv(CEILING_DIRECTORIES_ENVIRONMENT);
 	static char cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
-	const char *gitdirenv;
-	const char *gitfile_dir;
+	const char *gitdirenv, *ret;
+	char *gitfile;
 	int len, offset, ceil_offset;
 	dev_t current_device = 0;
 	int one_filesystem = 1;
@@ -502,11 +489,23 @@ static const char *setup_git_directory_gently_1(int *nongit_ok)
 	if (one_filesystem)
 		current_device = get_device_or_die(".", NULL);
 	for (;;) {
-		if (cwd_contains_git_dir(&gitfile_dir))
-			return setup_discovered_git_dir(work_tree_env,
-							gitfile_dir,
-							offset, len,
-							cwd, nongit_ok);
+		gitfile = (char*)read_gitfile_gently(DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
+		if (gitfile)
+			gitdirenv = gitfile = xstrdup(gitfile);
+		else {
+			if (is_git_directory(DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT))
+				gitdirenv = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
+		}
+
+		if (gitdirenv) {
+			ret = setup_discovered_git_dir(gitdirenv,
+						       cwd, offset, len,
+						       nongit_ok);
+			free(gitfile);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		free(gitfile);
+
 		if (is_git_directory("."))
 			return setup_bare_git_dir(cwd, offset, len, nongit_ok);
 
diff --git a/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh b/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
index 629ba34..d492996 100755
--- a/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
+++ b/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 16
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#16.2: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#16.2: in subdir' '
 	cat >16/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/16/.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 17
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#17.2: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#17.2: in subdir' '
 	cat >17/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/17/.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 20
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#20.2: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#20.2: in subdir' '
 	cat >20/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/20/.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 21
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#21.2: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#21.2: in subdir' '
 	cat >21/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/21/.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@ test_expect_success '#24: setup' '
 	cd ..
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#24: at root' '
+test_expect_success '#24: at root' '
 	cat >24/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/24.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 24
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#24: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#24: in subdir' '
 	cat >24/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/24.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -3752,7 +3752,7 @@ test_expect_success '#25: setup' '
 	cd ..
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#25: at root' '
+test_expect_success '#25: at root' '
 	cat >25/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/25.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 25
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#25: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#25: in subdir' '
 	cat >25/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/25.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ test_expect_success '#28: setup' '
 	cd ..
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#28: at root' '
+test_expect_success '#28: at root' '
 	cat >28/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/28.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -4147,7 +4147,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 28
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#28: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#28: in subdir' '
 	cat >28/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/28.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -4186,7 +4186,7 @@ test_expect_success '#29: setup' '
 	cd ..
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#29: at root' '
+test_expect_success '#29: at root' '
 	cat >29/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/29.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
@@ -4196,7 +4196,7 @@ EOF
 	test_repo 29
 '
 
-test_expect_failure '#29: in subdir' '
+test_expect_success '#29: in subdir' '
 	cat >29/sub/expected <<EOF &&
 setup: git_dir: $TRASH_DIRECTORY/29.git
 setup: worktree: (null)
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  2. 01/42 builtins: print setup info if repo is foundNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
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  19. 18/42 t1510: setup case #15Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  20. 19/42 t1510: setup case #16Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  21. 20/42 t1510: setup case #17Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  22. 21/42 t1510: setup case #18Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  23. 22/42 t1510: setup case #19Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  24. 23/42 t1510: setup case #20Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  25. 24/42 t1510: setup case #21Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  26. 25/42 t1510: setup case #22Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  27. 26/42 t1510: setup case #23Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
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  30. 29/42 t1510: setup case #26Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  31. 30/42 t1510: setup case #27Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  32. 31/42 t1510: setup case #28Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  33. 32/42 t1510: setup case #29Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  34. 33/42 t1510: setup case #30Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  35. 34/42 t1510: setup case #31Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  36. 35/42 rev-parse: prints --git-dir relative to user's cwdNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  37. Sverre RabbelierOct 29, 2010
  38. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 30, 2010
  39. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2010
  40. 36/42 Add git_config_early()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  41. 37/42 Use git_config_early() instead of git_config() during repo setupNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  42. 38/42 Remove all logic from get_git_work_tree()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  43. Sverre RabbelierOct 29, 2010
  44. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 30, 2010
  45. 1/9 git-rev-parse.txt: clarify --git-dirNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  46. 2/9 rev-parse: prints --git-dir relative to user's cwdNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  47. 3/9 Add git_config_early()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  48. 4/9 Use git_config_early() instead of git_config() during repo setupNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  49. 5/9 setup: limit get_git_work_tree()'s to explicit setup case onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  50. 6/9 setup: clean up setup_bare_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  51. 7/9 setup: clean up setup_discovered_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  52. 8/9 setup: rework setup_explicit_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  53. 9/9 Remove all logic from get_git_work_tree()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 1, 2010
  54. 39/42 setup: clean up setup_bare_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  55. 40/42 setup: clean up setup_discovered_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  56. 41/42 setup: rework setup_explicit_git_dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  57. 42/42 t1510: all failed tests are now fixedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 29, 2010
  58. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 29, 2010
  59. Sverre RabbelierOct 29, 2010
  60. Jonathan NiederOct 29, 2010

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