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[PATCH v3 1/2] connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directories

From
Valery Tolstov <me@vtolstov.org>
Date
Mar 9, 2017, 01:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20170309012734.21541-2-me@vtolstov.org>
In-Reply-To
<20170309012734.21541-1-me@vtolstov.org>
From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>

In a later patch we'll use connect_work_tree_and_git_dir when the directory for the gitlink file doesn't exist yet. This patch makes connect_work_tree_and_git_dir safe to use for both cases of either the git dir or the working dir missing.

To do so, we need to call safe_create_leading_directories[_const] on both directories. However this has to happen before we construct the absolute paths as real_pathdup assumes the directories to be there already.

So for both the config file in the git dir as well as the .git link
file we need to
a) construct the name
b) call SCLD
c) get the absolute path
d) once a-c is done for both we can consume the absolute path
   to compute the relative path to each other and store those
   relative paths.

The implementation provided here puts a) and b) for both cases first, and then performs c and d after.

One of the two users of 'connect_work_tree_and_git_dir' already checked for the directory being there, so we can loose that check as connect_work_tree_and_git_dir handles this functionality now.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 dir.c       | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 submodule.c | 11 ++---------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 4541f9e14..6f52af7ab 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2728,23 +2728,33 @@ void untracked_cache_add_to_index(struct index_state *istate,
 /* Update gitfile and core.worktree setting to connect work tree and git dir */
 void connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(const char *work_tree_, const char *git_dir_)
 {
-	struct strbuf file_name = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf gitfile_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf cfg_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf rel_path = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *git_dir = real_pathdup(git_dir_);
-	char *work_tree = real_pathdup(work_tree_);
+	char *git_dir, *work_tree;
 
-	/* Update gitfile */
-	strbuf_addf(&file_name, "%s/.git", work_tree);
-	write_file(file_name.buf, "gitdir: %s",
-		   relative_path(git_dir, work_tree, &rel_path));
+	/* Prepare .git file */
+	strbuf_addf(&gitfile_sb, "%s/.git", work_tree_);
+	if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(gitfile_sb.buf))
+		die(_("could not create directories for %s"), gitfile_sb.buf);
+
+	/* Prepare config file */
+	strbuf_addf(&cfg_sb, "%s/config", git_dir_);
+	if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(cfg_sb.buf))
+		die(_("could not create directories for %s"), cfg_sb.buf);
 
+	git_dir = real_pathdup(git_dir_);
+	work_tree = real_pathdup(work_tree_);
+
+	/* Write .git file */
+	write_file(gitfile_sb.buf, "gitdir: %s",
+		   relative_path(git_dir, work_tree, &rel_path));
 	/* Update core.worktree setting */
-	strbuf_reset(&file_name);
-	strbuf_addf(&file_name, "%s/config", git_dir);
-	git_config_set_in_file(file_name.buf, "core.worktree",
+	git_config_set_in_file(cfg_sb.buf, "core.worktree",
 			       relative_path(work_tree, git_dir, &rel_path));
 
-	strbuf_release(&file_name);
+	strbuf_release(&gitfile_sb);
+	strbuf_release(&cfg_sb);
 	strbuf_release(&rel_path);
 	free(work_tree);
 	free(git_dir);
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 3b98766a6..45e93a1d5 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1445,8 +1445,6 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *prefix,
 
 	/* Not populated? */
 	if (!sub_git_dir) {
-		char *real_new_git_dir;
-		const char *new_git_dir;
 		const struct submodule *sub;
 
 		if (err_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED) {
@@ -1469,13 +1467,8 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *prefix,
 		sub = submodule_from_path(null_sha1, path);
 		if (!sub)
 			die(_("could not lookup name for submodule '%s'"), path);
-		new_git_dir = git_path("modules/%s", sub->name);
-		if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(new_git_dir) < 0)
-			die(_("could not create directory '%s'"), new_git_dir);
-		real_new_git_dir = real_pathdup(new_git_dir);
-		connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(path, real_new_git_dir);
-
-		free(real_new_git_dir);
+		connect_work_tree_and_git_dir(path,
+			git_path("modules/%s", sub->name));
 	} else {
 		/* Is it already absorbed into the superprojects git dir? */
 		char *real_sub_git_dir = real_pathdup(sub_git_dir);
-- 
2.12.0.192.gbdb9d28a5
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  1. submodule--helper.c: remove duplicate codeme@vtolstov.org, Mar 8, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerMar 8, 2017
  3. Valery TolstovMar 8, 2017
  4. Stefan BellerMar 8, 2017
  5. 0/2 Remove duplicate code from module_clone()Valery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  6. 1/2 connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directoriesValery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  7. 2/2 submodule--helper.c: remove duplicate codeValery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  8. Brandon WilliamsMar 9, 2017
  9. 0/2 Remove duplicate code from module_clone()Valery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  10. 2/2 submodule--helper.c: remove duplicate codeValery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  11. Brandon WilliamsMar 9, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2017
  13. Stefan BellerMar 10, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2017
  15. Stefan BellerMar 10, 2017
  16. Valery TolstovMar 9, 2017
  17. 1/2 connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directoriesValery Tolstov, Mar 9, 2017
  18. Brandon WilliamsMar 9, 2017
  19. Valery TolstovMar 9, 2017
  20. Brandon WilliamsMar 9, 2017
  21. Valery TolstovMar 8, 2017
  22. Stefan BellerMar 8, 2017
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  24. Stefan BellerMar 8, 2017

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