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[PATCH v2 5/6] setup: teach discover_git_directory to respect the commondir

From
BWBrandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Date
Jun 13, 2017, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20170613210321.152978-6-bmwill@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170613210321.152978-1-bmwill@google.com>

Currently 'discover_git_directory' only looks at the gitdir to determine if a git directory was discovered. This causes a problem in the event that the gitdir which was discovered was in fact a per-worktree git directory and not the common git directory. This is because the repository config, which is checked to verify the repository's format, is stored in the commondir and not in the per-worktree gitdir. Correct this behavior by checking the config stored in the commondir.

It will also be of use for callers to have access to the commondir, so lets also return that upon successfully discovering a git directory.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
---
 cache.h  |  3 ++-
 config.c | 10 ++++++----
 setup.c  |  9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index fd45b8c55..a4176436d 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ extern void setup_work_tree(void);
  * appended to gitdir. The return value is either NULL if no repository was
  * found, or pointing to the path inside gitdir's buffer.
  */
-extern const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir);
+extern const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *commondir,
+					  struct strbuf *gitdir);
 extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
 extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
 extern char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 4e2842689..9aa9b9715 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,8 @@ static void configset_iter(struct config_set *cs, config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 {
 	struct config_options opts = {0};
-	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf commondir = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf gitdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	opts.respect_includes = 1;
 
@@ -1666,12 +1667,13 @@ void read_early_config(config_fn_t cb, void *data)
 	 * notably, the current working directory is still the same after the
 	 * call).
 	 */
-	else if (discover_git_directory(&buf))
-		opts.git_dir = buf.buf;
+	else if (discover_git_directory(&commondir, &gitdir))
+		opts.git_dir = gitdir.buf;
 
 	git_config_with_options(cb, data, NULL, &opts);
 
-	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	strbuf_release(&commondir);
+	strbuf_release(&gitdir);
 }
 
 static void git_config_check_init(void);
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index e99a82cbe..7bbb8736f 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -946,10 +946,12 @@ static enum discovery_result setup_git_directory_gently_1(struct strbuf *dir,
 	}
 }
 
-const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir)
+const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *commondir,
+				   struct strbuf *gitdir)
 {
 	struct strbuf dir = STRBUF_INIT, err = STRBUF_INIT;
 	size_t gitdir_offset = gitdir->len, cwd_len;
+	size_t commondir_offset = commondir->len;
 	struct repository_format candidate;
 
 	if (strbuf_getcwd(&dir))
@@ -974,8 +976,10 @@ const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir)
 		strbuf_insert(gitdir, gitdir_offset, dir.buf, dir.len);
 	}
 
+	get_common_dir(commondir, gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset);
+
 	strbuf_reset(&dir);
-	strbuf_addf(&dir, "%s/config", gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset);
+	strbuf_addf(&dir, "%s/config", commondir->buf + commondir_offset);
 	read_repository_format(&candidate, dir.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&dir);
 
@@ -983,6 +987,7 @@ const char *discover_git_directory(struct strbuf *gitdir)
 		warning("ignoring git dir '%s': %s",
 			gitdir->buf + gitdir_offset, err.buf);
 		strbuf_release(&err);
+		strbuf_setlen(commondir, commondir_offset);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.13.1.518.g3df882009-goog
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Message 31 of 57 in “config.h”
  1. 0/4 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  2. 1/4 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  3. 2/4 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  4. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  5. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  6. 4/4 config: don't implicitly use gitdirBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  7. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  8. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  11. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  12. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  13. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  14. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  15. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  16. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  17. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  18. Jeff KingJun 13, 2017
  19. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  20. 3/4 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 12, 2017
  21. Jeff KingJun 12, 2017
  22. Brandon WilliamsJun 12, 2017
  23. Jeff KingJun 12, 2017
  24. Brandon WilliamsJun 12, 2017
  25. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  26. 0/6 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  27. 1/6 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  28. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  29. 2/6 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  30. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  31. 5/6 setup: teach discover_git_directory to respect the commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  32. Jeff KingJun 14, 2017
  33. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2017
  34. 6/6 config: respect commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  35. 4/6 config: don't implicitly use gitdirBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  36. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  37. Brandon WilliamsJun 13, 2017
  38. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2017
  40. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  41. Jacob KellerJun 14, 2017
  42. Jeff KingJun 14, 2017
  43. Brandon WilliamsJun 14, 2017
  44. 3/6 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 13, 2017
  45. Jonathan NiederJun 13, 2017
  46. 0/6 config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  47. 1/6 config: create config.hBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  48. 2/6 config: remove git_config_iterBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  49. 4/6 setup: teach discover_git_directory to respect the commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  50. 3/6 config: don't include config.h by defaultBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  51. 5/6 config: respect commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  52. 6/6 config: don't implicitly use gitdir or commondirBrandon Williams, Jun 14, 2017
  53. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2017
  54. Brandon WilliamsJun 15, 2017
  55. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2017
  56. Brandon WilliamsJun 15, 2017
  57. Brandon WilliamsJun 16, 2017

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