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[PATCH] read-cache: check for leading symlinks when refreshing index

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Aug 9, 2014, 17:43 UTC
Message-ID
<53E65DC1.4010502@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqbns0tdqu.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Don't add paths with leading symlinks to the index while refreshing; we only track those symlinks themselves. We already ignore them while preloading (see read_index_preload.c).

Reported-by: Nikolay Avdeev <avdeev@math.vsu.ru>
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 read-cache.c               |  8 ++++++++
 t/t7515-status-symlinks.sh | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 t/t7515-status-symlinks.sh
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 5d3c8bd..6f0057f 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,14 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_ent(struct index_state *istate,
 		return ce;
 	}
 
+	if (has_symlink_leading_path(ce->name, ce_namelen(ce))) {
+		if (ignore_missing)
+			return ce;
+		if (err)
+			*err = ENOENT;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (lstat(ce->name, &st) < 0) {
 		if (ignore_missing && errno == ENOENT)
 			return ce;
diff --git a/t/t7515-status-symlinks.sh b/t/t7515-status-symlinks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f989be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7515-status-symlinks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git status and symlinks'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	echo .gitignore >.gitignore &&
+	echo actual >>.gitignore &&
+	echo expect >>.gitignore &&
+	mkdir dir &&
+	echo x >dir/file1 &&
+	echo y >dir/file2 &&
+	git add dir &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	git tag initial
+'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlink to a directory' '
+	test_when_finished "rm symlink" &&
+	ln -s dir symlink &&
+	echo "?? symlink" >expect &&
+	git status --porcelain >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlink replacing a directory' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf copy && git reset --hard initial" &&
+	mkdir copy &&
+	cp dir/file1 copy/file1 &&
+	echo "changed in copy" >copy/file2 &&
+	git add copy &&
+	git commit -m second &&
+	rm -rf copy &&
+	ln -s dir copy &&
+	echo " D copy/file1" >expect &&
+	echo " D copy/file2" >>expect &&
+	echo "?? copy" >>expect &&
+	git status --porcelain >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
2.0.2
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Duy Nguyen
Message 8 of 10 in “Bug report about symlinks”
  1. Nikolay AvdeevJul 31, 2014
  2. René ScharfeJul 31, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2014
  4. René ScharfeAug 2, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2014
  6. René ScharfeAug 3, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2014
  8. read-cache: check for leading symlinks when refreshing indexRené Scharfe, Aug 9, 2014
  9. Duy NguyenAug 4, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2014

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