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[PATCH 3/3] use xgetcwd() get the current directory or die

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Jul 20, 2014, 11:22 UTC
Message-ID
<53CBA65B.7090504@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<53CBA59C.8050901@web.de>

Convert several calls of getcwd() and die() to use xgetcwd() instead. This way we get rid of fixed-size buffers (which can be too small depending on the used file system) and gain consistent error messages.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 builtin/init-db.c   | 17 ++++++++---------
 builtin/rev-parse.c |  6 +++---
 dir.c               | 12 ++++++++----
 trace.c             |  7 ++++---
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 56f85e2..f6dd172 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -426,8 +426,9 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags)
 
 static int guess_repository_type(const char *git_dir)
 {
-	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *slash;
+	char *cwd;
+	int cwd_is_git_dir;
 
 	/*
 	 * "GIT_DIR=. git init" is always bare.
@@ -435,9 +436,10 @@ static int guess_repository_type(const char *git_dir)
 	 */
 	if (!strcmp(".", git_dir))
 		return 1;
-	if (!getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)))
-		die_errno(_("cannot tell cwd"));
-	if (!strcmp(git_dir, cwd))
+	cwd = xgetcwd();
+	cwd_is_git_dir = !strcmp(git_dir, cwd);
+	free(cwd);
+	if (cwd_is_git_dir)
 		return 1;
 	/*
 	 * "GIT_DIR=.git or GIT_DIR=something/.git is usually not.
@@ -572,11 +574,8 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			git_work_tree_cfg = xstrdup(real_path(rel));
 			free(rel);
 		}
-		if (!git_work_tree_cfg) {
-			git_work_tree_cfg = xcalloc(PATH_MAX, 1);
-			if (!getcwd(git_work_tree_cfg, PATH_MAX))
-				die_errno (_("Cannot access current working directory"));
-		}
+		if (!git_work_tree_cfg)
+			git_work_tree_cfg = xgetcwd();
 		if (work_tree)
 			set_git_work_tree(real_path(work_tree));
 		else
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 8102aaa..f6bbac7 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--git-dir")) {
 				const char *gitdir = getenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
-				static char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+				char *cwd;
 				int len;
 				if (gitdir) {
 					puts(gitdir);
@@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					puts(".git");
 					continue;
 				}
-				if (!getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX))
-					die_errno("unable to get current working directory");
+				cwd = xgetcwd();
 				len = strlen(cwd);
 				printf("%s%s.git\n", cwd, len && cwd[len-1] != '/' ? "/" : "");
+				free(cwd);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--resolve-git-dir")) {
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index e65888d..7b994d4 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1499,12 +1499,16 @@ int dir_inside_of(const char *subdir, const char *dir)
 
 int is_inside_dir(const char *dir)
 {
-	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	char *cwd;
+	int rc;
+
 	if (!dir)
 		return 0;
-	if (!getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)))
-		die_errno("can't find the current directory");
-	return dir_inside_of(cwd, dir) >= 0;
+
+	cwd = xgetcwd();
+	rc = (dir_inside_of(cwd, dir) >= 0);
+	free(cwd);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int is_empty_dir(const char *path)
diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index 08180a9..3523667 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -158,13 +158,12 @@ void trace_repo_setup(const char *prefix)
 {
 	static const char *key = "GIT_TRACE_SETUP";
 	const char *git_work_tree;
-	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	char *cwd;
 
 	if (!trace_want(key))
 		return;
 
-	if (!getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX))
-		die("Unable to get current working directory");
+	cwd = xgetcwd();
 
 	if (!(git_work_tree = get_git_work_tree()))
 		git_work_tree = "(null)";
@@ -176,6 +175,8 @@ void trace_repo_setup(const char *prefix)
 	trace_printf_key(key, "setup: worktree: %s\n", quote_crnl(git_work_tree));
 	trace_printf_key(key, "setup: cwd: %s\n", quote_crnl(cwd));
 	trace_printf_key(key, "setup: prefix: %s\n", quote_crnl(prefix));
+
+	free(cwd);
 }
 
 int trace_want(const char *key)
-- 
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  2. 1/3 strbuf: add strbuf_add_cwd()René Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  3. Duy NguyenJul 20, 2014
  4. René ScharfeJul 20, 2014
  5. 2/3 wrapper: add xgetcwd()René Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  6. Duy NguyenJul 20, 2014
  7. René ScharfeJul 20, 2014
  8. 3/3 use xgetcwd() get the current directory or dieRené Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
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