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[PATCH] clone: detect errors in normalize_path_copy

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 5, 2016, 14:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20161005142929.l7fy3jxkme4iwunc@sigill.intra.peff.net>

When we are copying the alternates from the source repository, if we find a relative path that is too deep for the source (e.g., "../../../objects" from "/repo.git/objects"), then normalize_path_copy will report an error and leave trash in the buffer, which we will add to our new alternates file. Instead, let's detect the error, print a warning, and skip copying that alternate.

There's no need to die. The relative path is probably just broken cruft in the source repo. If it turns out to have been important for accessing some objects, we rely on other parts of the clone to detect that, just as they would with a missing object in the source repo itself (though note that clones with "-s" are inherently local, which may do fewer object-quality checks in the first place).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Noticed by coverity; the recent alternates cleanups mean that all of the
other calls to normalize_path_copy() are now checked, so it realized
this one was an oddball and probably an error (I actually looked for
others with `grep` when doing that series, but somehow missed this one;
hooray for static analysis). The fix is independent of that series.
 builtin/clone.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index fb75f7e..6cf3b54 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -345,8 +345,11 @@ static void copy_alternates(struct strbuf *src, struct strbuf *dst,
 			continue;
 		}
 		abs_path = mkpathdup("%s/objects/%s", src_repo, line.buf);
-		normalize_path_copy(abs_path, abs_path);
-		add_to_alternates_file(abs_path);
+		if (!normalize_path_copy(abs_path, abs_path))
+			add_to_alternates_file(abs_path);
+		else
+			warning("skipping invalid relative alternate: %s/%s",
+				src_repo, line.buf);
 		free(abs_path);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&line);
-- 
2.10.1.506.g904834d
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