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[PATCH v3 1/2] abspath: add a function to resolve paths with missing components

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Nov 27, 2020, 23:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20201127231916.609852-2-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To
<20201127231916.609852-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

We'd like to canonicalize paths such that we can preserve any number of trailing components that may be missing. Let's add a function to do that, taking the number of components to canonicalize, and make strbuf_realpath a wrapper around it that allows just one component.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 abspath.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 cache.h   |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 6f15a418bb..1d8f3d007c 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static void strip_last_component(struct strbuf *path)
 	/* Find start of the last component */
 	while (offset < len && !is_dir_sep(path->buf[len - 1]))
 		len--;
+
 	/* Skip sequences of multiple path-separators */
 	while (offset < len && is_dir_sep(path->buf[len - 1]))
 		len--;
@@ -66,6 +67,22 @@ static void get_root_part(struct strbuf *resolved, struct strbuf *remaining)
 #define MAXSYMLINKS 32
 #endif
 
+/* Count non-contiguous directory separators, not including a trailing one. */
+static int count_dir_separators(const char *s)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	int last_sep = 0;
+	const char *p = s;
+	while (*p) {
+		int is_sep = is_dir_sep(*p++);
+		if (is_sep && !last_sep)
+			count++;
+		last_sep = is_sep;
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Return the real path (i.e., absolute path, with symlinks resolved
  * and extra slashes removed) equivalent to the specified path.  (If
@@ -80,6 +97,16 @@ static void get_root_part(struct strbuf *resolved, struct strbuf *remaining)
  */
 char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
 		      int die_on_error)
+{
+	return strbuf_realpath_missing(resolved, path, 1, die_on_error);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Just like strbuf_realpath, but allows specifying how many missing components
+ * are permitted.  -1 may be specified to allow an unlimited number.
+ */
+char *strbuf_realpath_missing(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
+			      int missing_components, int die_on_error)
 {
 	struct strbuf remaining = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf next = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -128,8 +155,12 @@ char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
 		strbuf_addbuf(resolved, &next);
 
 		if (lstat(resolved->buf, &st)) {
+			int trailing_components = count_dir_separators(remaining.buf) +
+						  (remaining.len != 0);
 			/* error out unless this was the last component */
-			if (errno != ENOENT || remaining.len) {
+			if (errno != ENOENT ||
+			    !(missing_components == -1 ||
+			      trailing_components < missing_components)) {
 				if (die_on_error)
 					die_errno("Invalid path '%s'",
 						  resolved->buf);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index c0072d43b1..ee4bc5ec04 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1320,6 +1320,8 @@ static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
 int is_directory(const char *);
 char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
 		      int die_on_error);
+char *strbuf_realpath_missing(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
+			      int missing_components, int die_on_error);
 char *real_pathdup(const char *path, int die_on_error);
 const char *absolute_path(const char *path);
 char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path);
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  3. 1/2 abspath: add a function to resolve paths with missing componentsbrian m. carlson, Nov 27, 2020
  4. René ScharfeNov 28, 2020
  5. brian m. carlsonNov 28, 2020
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2020
  7. brian m. carlsonDec 2, 2020
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