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[PATCH 07/17] connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directories

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Mar 9, 2017, 22:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20170309221543.15897-8-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170309221543.15897-1-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 4541f9e146..6f52af7abb 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 0e55372f37..04d185738f 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,6 @@ 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) {
@@ -1466,13 +1464,8 @@ 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);
-- 
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  5. 12/18 update submodules: add submodule_move_headStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
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  7. 04/18 lib-submodule-update.sh: replace sha1 by hashStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  8. 16/18 entry.c: update submodules when interestingStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  9. 06/18 make is_submodule_populated gentlyStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  10. 07/18 connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directoriesStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  11. 17/18 builtin/checkout: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  12. 18/18 builtin/read-tree: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  13. 13/18 unpack-trees: pass old oid to verify_clean_submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  14. 15/18 read-cache, remove_marked_cache_entries: wipe selected submodules.Stefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  15. 11/18 update submodules: move up prepare_submodule_repo_envStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
  16. 03/18 lib-submodule-update: teach test_submodule_content the -C <dir> flagStefan Beller, Mar 2, 2017
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  24. 03/18 lib-submodule-update: teach test_submodule_content the -C <dir> flagStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
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  26. 10/18 submodules: introduce check to see whether to touch a submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  27. 07/18 connect_work_tree_and_git_dir: safely create leading directoriesStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  28. 02/18 lib-submodule-update.sh: do not use ./. as submodule remoteStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  29. 17/18 builtin/checkout: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  30. 01/18 lib-submodule-update.sh: reorder create_lib_submodule_repoStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  31. 13/18 unpack-trees: pass old oid to verify_clean_submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  32. 15/18 read-cache, remove_marked_cache_entries: wipe selected submodules.Stefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
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  38. 12/18 update submodules: add submodule_move_headStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
  39. 16/18 entry.c: update submodules when interestingStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
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  49. 18/18 builtin/read-tree: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
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  51. 08/18 update submodules: add submodule config parsingStefan Beller, Mar 6, 2017
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  58. 10/17 submodules: introduce check to see whether to touch a submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
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  70. 16/17 builtin/checkout: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  71. 17/17 builtin/read-tree: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  72. 15/17 entry.c: create submodules when interestingStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  73. 09/17 update submodules: add a config option to determine if submodules are updatedStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  74. 11/17 update submodules: move up prepare_submodule_repo_envStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  75. 13/17 unpack-trees: pass old oid to verify_clean_submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  76. 04/17 lib-submodule-update.sh: replace sha1 by hashStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
  77. 14/17 unpack-trees: check if we can perform the operation for submodulesStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
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  79. 06/17 make is_submodule_populated gentlyStefan Beller, Mar 9, 2017
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  82. 02/19 submodule--helper.c: remove duplicate codeStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  83. 04/19 lib-submodule-update.sh: do not use ./. as submodule remoteStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  84. 07/19 lib-submodule-update.sh: define tests for recursing into submodulesStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
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  86. 11/19 submodules: introduce check to see whether to touch a submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  87. 17/19 entry.c: create submodules when interestingStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  88. 14/19 update submodules: add submodule_move_headStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  89. 18/19 builtin/checkout: add --recurse-submodules switchStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  90. 16/19 unpack-trees: check if we can perform the operation for submodulesStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  91. 09/19 update submodules: add submodule config parsingStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
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  93. 15/19 unpack-trees: pass old oid to verify_clean_submoduleStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  94. 06/19 lib-submodule-update.sh: replace sha1 by hashStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  95. 08/19 make is_submodule_populated gentlyStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
  96. 12/19 update submodules: move up prepare_submodule_repo_envStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
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  98. 03/19 lib-submodule-update.sh: reorder create_lib_submodule_repoStefan Beller, Mar 14, 2017
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