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[PATCH v3 1/1] git clone: don't clone into non-empty directory

From
Ben Wijen <ben@wijen.net>
Date
Jul 10, 2020, 08:47 UTC
Message-ID
<20200710084732.5152-2-ben@wijen.net>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqv9j08dxo.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

When using git clone with --separate-git-dir realgitdir and realgitdir already exists, it's content is destroyed.

So, make sure we don't clone into an existing non-empty directory.
Note: #d45420c1: "clone: do not clean up directories we didn't create"
assumed we always write into an empty directory, but missed the check
for real_git_dir, this commit fixed it by adding the check.
Signed-off-by: Ben Wijen <ben@wijen.net>
---
 builtin/clone.c  | 12 ++++++++++--
 t/t5601-clone.sh |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index bef70745c0..a9f3312a54 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int is_bundle = 0, is_local;
 	const char *repo_name, *repo, *work_tree, *git_dir;
 	char *path, *dir, *display_repo = NULL;
-	int dest_exists;
+	int dest_exists, real_dest_exists = 0;
 	const struct ref *refs, *remote_head;
 	const struct ref *remote_head_points_at;
 	const struct ref *our_head_points_at;
@@ -1021,6 +1021,14 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("destination path '%s' already exists and is not "
 			"an empty directory."), dir);
 
+	if (real_git_dir) {
+		real_dest_exists = path_exists(real_git_dir);
+		if (real_dest_exists && !is_empty_dir(real_git_dir))
+			die(_("repository path '%s' already exists and is not "
+				"an empty directory."), real_git_dir);
+	}
+
+
 	strbuf_addf(&reflog_msg, "clone: from %s",
 		    display_repo ? display_repo : repo);
 	free(display_repo);
@@ -1057,7 +1065,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (real_git_dir) {
-		if (path_exists(real_git_dir))
+		if (real_dest_exists)
 			junk_git_dir_flags |= REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_TOPLEVEL;
 		junk_git_dir = real_git_dir;
 	} else {
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 84ea2a3eb7..eb9a093e25 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch from gitfile parent' '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone separate gitdir where target already exists' '
 	rm -rf dst &&
-	test_must_fail git clone --separate-git-dir realgitdir src dst
+	echo foo=bar >>realgitdir/config &&
+	test_must_fail git clone --separate-git-dir realgitdir src dst &&
+	grep foo=bar realgitdir/config
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone --reference from original' '
-- 
2.27.0
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  1. 0/2 git clone with --separate-git-dir destroys existing directory contentBen Wijen, Jul 1, 2020
  2. 1/2 git clone: check for non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 1, 2020
  3. Eric SunshineJul 1, 2020
  4. Eric SunshineJul 1, 2020
  5. Eric SunshineJul 2, 2020
  6. 2/2 git clone: don't clone into non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 1, 2020
  7. Eric SunshineJul 1, 2020
  8. BenJul 2, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineJul 1, 2020
  10. 0/1 git clone: don't clone into non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 2, 2020
  11. 1/1 git clone: don't clone into non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 2, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2020
  13. 1/1 git clone: don't clone into non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 10, 2020
  14. 0/1 git clone: don't clone into non-empty directoryBen Wijen, Jul 10, 2020

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