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[PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

From
tboegi@web.de <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Nov 26, 2018, 17:32 UTC
Message-ID
<20181126173252.1558-1-tboegi@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<5bf18396.1c69fb81.20780.2b1d@mx.google.com>
From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
A regression for cygwin users was introduced with commit 05b458c,
 "real_path: resolve symlinks by hand".
In the the commit message we read:
  The current implementation of real_path uses chdir() in order to resolve
  symlinks.  Unfortunately this isn't thread-safe as chdir() affects a
  process as a whole...

The old (and non-thread-save) OS calls chdir()/pwd() had been replaced by a string operation. The cygwin layer "knows" that "C:\cygwin" is an absolute path, but the new string operation does not.

"git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo" fails like this: fatal: Invalid path '/home/USER/repo/C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo'

The solution is to implement has_dos_drive_prefix(), skip_dos_drive_prefix() is_dir_sep(), offset_1st_component() and convert_slashes() for cygwin in the same way as it is done in 'Git for Windows' in compat/mingw.[ch]

Reported-By: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
---

This is the first vesion of a patch. Is there a chance that you test it ?

abspath.c       |  2 +-
 compat/cygwin.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 compat/cygwin.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 9857985329..77a281f789 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void get_root_part(struct strbuf *resolved, struct strbuf *remaining)
 
 	strbuf_reset(resolved);
 	strbuf_add(resolved, remaining->buf, offset);
-#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+#if defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	convert_slashes(resolved->buf);
 #endif
 	strbuf_remove(remaining, 0, offset);
diff --git a/compat/cygwin.c b/compat/cygwin.c
index b9862d606d..c4a10cb5a1 100644
--- a/compat/cygwin.c
+++ b/compat/cygwin.c
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 #include "../cache.h"
 
+int cygwin_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path)
+{
+	int ret = has_dos_drive_prefix(*path);
+	*path += ret;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int cygwin_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
 {
-	const char *pos = path;
+	char *pos = (char *)path;
+
 	/* unc paths */
-	if (is_dir_sep(pos[0]) && is_dir_sep(pos[1])) {
+	if (!skip_dos_drive_prefix(&pos) &&
+			is_dir_sep(pos[0]) && is_dir_sep(pos[1])) {
 		/* skip server name */
-		pos = strchr(pos + 2, '/');
+		pos = strpbrk(pos + 2, "\\/");
 		if (!pos)
 			return 0; /* Error: malformed unc path */
 
 		do {
 			pos++;
-		} while (*pos && pos[0] != '/');
+		} while (*pos && !is_dir_sep(*pos));
 	}
+
 	return pos + is_dir_sep(*pos) - path;
 }
diff --git a/compat/cygwin.h b/compat/cygwin.h
index 8e52de4644..46f29c0a90 100644
--- a/compat/cygwin.h
+++ b/compat/cygwin.h
@@ -1,2 +1,34 @@
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) \
+	(isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':' ? 2 : 0)
+
+
+int cygwin_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
+#define offset_1st_component cygwin_offset_1st_component
+
+
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) \
+	(isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':' ? 2 : 0)
+int cygwin_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path);
+#define skip_dos_drive_prefix cygwin_skip_dos_drive_prefix
+static inline int cygwin_is_dir_sep(int c)
+{
+	return c == '/' || c == '\\';
+}
+#define is_dir_sep cygwin_is_dir_sep
+static inline char *cygwin_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
+{
+	char *ret = NULL;
+	for (; *path; ++path)
+		if (is_dir_sep(*path))
+			ret = (char *)path;
+	return ret;
+}
+static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
+{
+	for (; *path; path++)
+		if (*path == '\\')
+			*path = '/';
+}
+#define find_last_dir_sep cygwin_find_last_dir_sep
 int cygwin_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
 #define offset_1st_component cygwin_offset_1st_component
-- 
2.19.0.271.gfe8321ec05
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  1. Steven PennyNov 18, 2018
  2. Torsten BögershausenNov 18, 2018
  3. Steven PennyNov 18, 2018
  4. Torsten BögershausenNov 18, 2018
  5. Steven PennyNov 18, 2018
  6. Torsten BögershausenNov 18, 2018
  7. Steven PennyNov 18, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2018
  9. Randall S. BeckerNov 19, 2018
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2018
  11. Torsten BögershausenNov 19, 2018
  12. Steven PennyNov 20, 2018
  13. Torsten BögershausenNov 20, 2018
  14. Steven PennyNov 20, 2018
  15. Randall S. BeckerNov 19, 2018
  16. 1/1 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)tboegi@web.de, Nov 26, 2018
  17. Steven PennyNov 27, 2018
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2018
  19. Steven PennyNov 27, 2018
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2018
  21. Steven PennyNov 27, 2018
  22. Johannes SchindelinNov 27, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2018
  24. J.H. van de WaterNov 28, 2018
  25. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2018
  26. HouderNov 28, 2018
  27. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2018
  28. Achim GratzNov 27, 2018
  29. Johannes SchindelinNov 27, 2018
  30. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2018
  31. Achim GratzNov 27, 2018
  32. 2/3 offset_1st_component(), dos_drive_prefix() return size_ttboegi@web.de, Dec 7, 2018
  33. 1/3 git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)tboegi@web.de, Dec 7, 2018
  34. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2018
  35. Steven PennyDec 8, 2018
  36. Johannes SchindelinDec 10, 2018
  37. Steven PennyDec 10, 2018
  38. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2018
  39. Steven PennyDec 12, 2018
  40. Johannes SixtDec 12, 2018
  41. Steven PennyDec 12, 2018
  42. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2018
  43. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2018
  44. Elijah NewrenDec 12, 2018
  45. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2018
  46. 3/3 Refactor mingw_cygwin_offset_1st_component()tboegi@web.de, Dec 7, 2018
  47. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2018
  48. 1/1 git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)tboegi@web.de, Dec 8, 2018
  49. Steven PennyDec 8, 2018
  50. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2018
  51. Johannes SchindelinDec 10, 2018
  52. Torsten BögershausenDec 11, 2018
  53. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2018
  54. Torsten BögershausenDec 11, 2018
  55. 1/1 git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)tboegi@web.de, Dec 15, 2018
  56. Achim GratzMay 2, 2019

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