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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] config: clear the executable bits (if any) on $GIT_DIR/config

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Nov 16, 2014, 08:06 UTC
Message-ID
<54685B05.90007@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To
<1416122508-30654-3-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Am 16.11.2014 um 08:21 schrieb Michael Haggerty:
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> @@ -559,9 +562,21 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		if (given_config_source.blob)
>  			die("editing blobs is not supported");
>  		git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
> -		launch_editor(given_config_source.file ?
> -			      given_config_source.file : git_path("config"),
> -			      NULL, NULL);
> +		config_file = xstrdup(given_config_source.file ?
> +				      given_config_source.file : git_path("config"));
> +		launch_editor(config_file, NULL, NULL);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * In git 2.1, there was a bug in "git init" that left
> +		 * the u+x bit set on the config file. To clean up any
> +		 * repositories affected by that bug, and just because
> +		 * it doesn't make sense for a config file to be
> +		 * executable anyway, clear any executable bits from
> +		 * the file (on a "best effort" basis):
> +		 */
> +		if (!lstat(config_file, &st) && (st.st_mode & 0111))

At this point we cannot be sure that config_file is a regular file, can we? It could also be a symbolic link. Wouldn't plain stat() be more correct then?

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> +			chmod(config_file, st.st_mode & 07666);
> +		free(config_file);
>  	}
>  	else if (actions == ACTION_SET) {
>  		int ret;
-- Hannes
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  1. 0/2 Don't make $GIT_DIR executableMichael Haggerty, Nov 16, 2014
  2. 1/2 create_default_files(): don't set u+x bit on $GIT_DIR/configMichael Haggerty, Nov 16, 2014
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  4. Michael HaggertyNov 17, 2014
  5. Eric SunshineNov 17, 2014
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  8. Michael HaggertyNov 17, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2014
  10. Michael HaggertyNov 17, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2014
  12. 2/2 config: clear the executable bits (if any) on $GIT_DIR/configMichael Haggerty, Nov 16, 2014
  13. Johannes SixtNov 16, 2014
  14. Michael HaggertyNov 17, 2014

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