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[PATCH v6 0/6] Handling of in-tree symlinks for absolute paths

From
Martin Erik Werner <martinerikwerner@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2014, 14:25 UTC
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The amount of tweaks seemed deserving of a reroll, so here it is:
* Added your test Junio, with what I figured was an appropriate commit
  message describing the user-visible effect (to git-add since I think it's the
  simplest to explain), the commit message for the second commit has been
  reduced somewhat, to not duplicate the message completely.
* Duplicated quite a bit of the explanation from this first commit into
  the last commit, in order to be more obvious about the issue it fixes, I'm
  not sure if it's a bit too much?
* Reworded the last commit to not mention the full-path special case, and
  replaced all occurences of in-repo with "inside work tree" or similar.
* Content-wise compared to 'pu' I've tweaked a few comments, un-inlined and
  added the wtlen <= len check (and the ls-files test is new of course):
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 32a6f6b..ba08885 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ static int inside_git_dir = -1;
 static int inside_work_tree = -1;
 
 /*
- * No checking if the path is in fact an absolute path is done, and it must
- * already be normalized.
+ * The input parameter must contain an absolute path, and it must already be
+ * normalized.
  *
  * Find the part of an absolute path that lies inside the work tree by
  * dereferencing symlinks outside the work tree, for example:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static int inside_work_tree = -1;
  * /dir/repolink/file     (repolink points to /dir/repo) -> file
  * /dir/repo              (exactly equal to work tree)   -> (empty string)
  */
-static inline int abspath_part_inside_repo(char *path)
+static int abspath_part_inside_repo(char *path)
 {
 	size_t len;
 	size_t wtlen;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline int abspath_part_inside_repo(char *path)
 	off = 0;
 
 	/* check if work tree is already the prefix */
-	if (strncmp(path, work_tree, wtlen) == 0) {
+	if (wtlen <= len && !strncmp(path, work_tree, wtlen)) {
 		if (path[wtlen] == '/') {
 			memmove(path, path + wtlen + 1, len - wtlen);
 			return 0;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static inline int abspath_part_inside_repo(char *path)
 	path0 = path;
 	path += offset_1st_component(path) + off;
 
-	/* check each level */
+	/* check each '/'-terminated level */
 	while (*path) {
 		path++;
 		if (*path == '/') {


Junio C Hamano (1):
  t3004: Add test for ls-files on symlinks via absolute paths

Martin Erik Werner (5):
  t0060: Add test for prefix_path on symlinks via absolute paths
  t0060: Add test for prefix_path when path == work tree
  t0060: Add tests for prefix_path when path begins with work tree
  setup: Add 'abspath_part_inside_repo' function
  setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute paths

 setup.c                   | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 t/t0060-path-utils.sh     | 21 +++++++++++
 t/t3004-ls-files-basic.sh | 17 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
-- 
1.8.5.2
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Message 40 of 56 in “git-mv with absolute path derefereces symlinks”
  1. Martin Erik WernerJan 15, 2014
  2. 0/2 in-tree symlink handling with absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 26, 2014
  3. 1/2 t0060: Add test for manipulating symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 26, 2014
  4. 2/2 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 26, 2014
  5. Torsten BögershausenJan 26, 2014
  6. Martin Erik WernerJan 27, 2014
  7. 2/2 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 27, 2014
  8. Duy NguyenJan 27, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2014
  10. 0/4 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 31, 2014
  11. 0/4 Handling of in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  12. 1/4 t0060: Add test for manipulating symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  13. 2/4 t0060: Add test for prefix_path when path == work treeMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  14. 3/4 setup: Add 'abspath_part_inside_repo' functionMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  15. Duy NguyenFeb 2, 2014
  16. Duy NguyenFeb 2, 2014
  17. Martin Erik WernerFeb 2, 2014
  18. David KastrupFeb 2, 2014
  19. Torsten BögershausenFeb 2, 2014
  20. Martin Erik WernerFeb 2, 2014
  21. Torsten BögershausenFeb 2, 2014
  22. Duy NguyenFeb 2, 2014
  23. 4/4 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  24. 0/5 Handling of in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  25. 1/5 t0060: Add test for manipulating symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2014
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2014
  28. Martin Erik WernerFeb 3, 2014
  29. 2/5 t0060: Add test for prefix_path when path == work treeMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  30. 3/5 t0060: Add tests for prefix_path when path begins with work treeMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  31. 4/5 setup: Add 'abspath_part_inside_repo' functionMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  32. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2014
  33. Martin Erik WernerFeb 3, 2014
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2014
  35. Martin Erik WernerFeb 4, 2014
  36. 5/5 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 2, 2014
  37. Duy NguyenFeb 3, 2014
  38. Martin Erik WernerFeb 3, 2014
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2014
  40. 0/6 Handling of in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  41. 1/6 t3004: Add test for ls-files on symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  42. 2/6 t0060: Add test for prefix_path on symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  43. 3/6 t0060: Add test for prefix_path when path == work treeMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  44. 4/6 t0060: Add tests for prefix_path when path begins with work treeMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  45. Torsten BögershausenFeb 4, 2014
  46. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2014
  47. 5/6 setup: Add 'abspath_part_inside_repo' functionMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2014
  49. 6/6 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Feb 4, 2014
  50. 1/4 t0060: Add test for manipulating symlinks via absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 31, 2014
  51. 2/4 t0060: Add test for prefix_path when path == work treeMartin Erik Werner, Jan 31, 2014
  52. 3/4 setup: Add 'abspath_part_inside_repo' functionMartin Erik Werner, Jan 31, 2014
  53. Torsten BögershausenJan 31, 2014
  54. Martin Erik WernerFeb 1, 2014
  55. Duy NguyenFeb 1, 2014
  56. 4/4 setup: Don't dereference in-tree symlinks for absolute pathsMartin Erik Werner, Jan 31, 2014

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