From: Brandon Williams Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:01:22 GMT Subject: [PATCH v5 3/5] real_path: create real_pathdup Message-ID: <20170104220124.145808-4-bmwill@google.com> In-Reply-To: <20170104220124.145808-1-bmwill@google.com> Create real_pathdup which returns a caller owned string of the resolved realpath based on the provide path. Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams --- abspath.c | 13 +++++++++++++ cache.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c index a200d4220..72f716f80 100644 --- a/abspath.c +++ b/abspath.c @@ -209,6 +209,19 @@ const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path) return strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0); } +char *real_pathdup(const char *path) +{ + struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT; + char *retval = NULL; + + if (strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0)) + retval = strbuf_detach(&realpath, NULL); + + strbuf_release(&realpath); + + return retval; +} + /* * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want * to resolve links, you should use real_path. diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index 7a8129403..e12a5d912 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path, int die_on_error); const char *real_path(const char *path); const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path); +char *real_pathdup(const char *path); const char *absolute_path(const char *path); const char *remove_leading_path(const char *in, const char *prefix); const char *relative_path(const char *in, const char *prefix, struct strbuf *sb); -- 2.11.0.390.gc69c2f50cf-goog