Re: [PATCH 6/5] dir: update stale description of treat_directory()

>
> On 5/7/2021 12:04 AM, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > This patchset fixes a few directory traversal issues, where fill_directory()
> > would traverse into directories that it shouldn't and not traverse into
> > directories that it should. One of these issues was reported recently on
> > this list[1], another was found at $DAYJOB.
> >
> > The fifth patch might have backward compatibility implications, but is easy
> > to review. Even if the logic in dir.c makes your eyes glaze over, at least
> > take a look at the fifth patch.
>
> My eyes were glazing over, so I went to read the whole treat_directory()
> method and its related documentation comment. I found it to be a bit
> confusing that it was referencing names that were deprecated 12 years ago.
>
> Here is a patch that you could add to this series to improve these
> comments.
>
> Thanks,
> -Stolee
>
> -- >8 --
>
> From 587a94ac396c969b6e7734ee46afeac20e87ccb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 12:14:13 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] dir: update stale description of treat_directory()
>
> The documentation comment for treat_directory() was originally written
> in 095952 (Teach directory traversal about subprojects, 2007-04-11)
> which was before the 'struct dir_struct' split its bitfield of named
> options into a 'flags' enum in 7c4c97c0 (Turn the flags in struct
> dir_struct into a single variable, 2009-02-16). When those flags
> changed, the comment became stale, since members like
> 'show_other_directories' transitioned into flags like
> DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES.
>
> Update the comments for treat_directory() to use these flag names rather
> than the old member names.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  dir.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index 3beb8e17a83..0a0138bc1aa 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -1749,13 +1749,13 @@ static enum exist_status directory_exists_in_index(struct index_state *istate,
>   * Case 3: if we didn't have it in the index previously, we
>   * have a few sub-cases:
>   *
> - *  (a) if "show_other_directories" is true, we show it as
> - *      just a directory, unless "hide_empty_directories" is
> + *  (a) if DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES flag is set, we show it as
> + *      just a directory, unless DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES is
>   *      also true, in which case we need to check if it contains any
>   *      untracked and / or ignored files.
> - *  (b) if it looks like a git directory, and we don't have
> - *      'no_gitlinks' set we treat it as a gitlink, and show it
> - *      as a directory.
> + *  (b) if it looks like a git directory and we don't have the
> + *      DIR_NO_GITLINKS flag, then we treat it as a gitlink, and
> + *      show it as a directory.
>   *  (c) otherwise, we recurse into it.
>   */
>  static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
> @@ -1843,7 +1843,6 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
>                 return path_recurse;
>         }
>
> -       /* This is the "show_other_directories" case */
>         assert(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES);
>
>         /*
> @@ -1858,7 +1857,7 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
>         /* Special cases for where this directory is excluded/ignored */
>         if (excluded) {
>                 /*
> -                * In the show_other_directories case, if we're not
> +                * If DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES is set and we're not
>                  * hiding empty directories, there is no need to
>                  * recurse into an ignored directory.
>                  */
> --
> 2.31.1.vfs.0.0.80.gb082c853c0e