Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
> > index c4ce962..0f7012f 100644
> > --- a/path.c
> > +++ b/path.c
> > @@ -292,3 +292,65 @@ int adjust_shared_perm(const char *path)
> >  		return -2;
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > +
> > +/* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
> > +#define MAXDEPTH 5
> > +
> > +const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
> > +{
> > +	static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
> > +	char cwd[1024] = "";
> > +	int buf_index = 1, len;
> > +
> > +	int depth = MAXDEPTH;
> > +	char *last_elem = NULL;
> > +	struct stat st;
> > +
> > +	if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
> > +		die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
> > +
> > +	while (depth--) {
> > +		if (stat(buf, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
> > +			char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
> > +			*last_slash = '\0';
> > +			last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);
> 
> What happens when incoming path is just "abc"?  Does your test
> script checks that case?