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[PATCH v4 1/2] format-patch: create leading components of output directory

From
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2019, 08:36 UTC
Message-ID
<b172eba0b748c3f0f638786a5cfba905aca385cc.1570782773.git.bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>

'git format-patch -o <outdir>' did an equivalent of 'mkdir <outdir>' not 'mkdir -p <outdir>', which is being corrected.

Avoid the usage of 'adjust_shared_perm' on the leading directories which may have security implications. Achieved by temporarily disabling of 'config.sharedRepository' like 'git init' does.

Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 * squashed and base new tests on 'dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup'
Changes in v3:
 * avoid applying adjust_shared_perm
Changes in v4:
 * based on dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup and adopt it
Cc: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/format.txt    |  2 +-
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |  3 ++-
 builtin/log.c                      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 t/t4014-format-patch.sh            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index cb629fa769..40cad9278f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ format.coverLetter::
 
 format.outputDirectory::
 	Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
-	current working directory.
+	current working directory. All directory components will be created.
 
 format.useAutoBase::
 	A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 0ac56f4b70..2035d4d5d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ they are created in the current working directory. The default path
 can be set with the `format.outputDirectory` configuration option.
 The `-o` option takes precedence over `format.outputDirectory`.
 To store patches in the current working directory even when
-`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`.
+`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`. All directory
+components will be created.
 
 By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] " followed by
 the concatenation of lines from the commit message up to the first blank
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 44b10b3415..8d08632858 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1765,10 +1765,26 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		setup_pager();
 
 	if (output_directory) {
+		int saved;
 		if (rev.diffopt.use_color != GIT_COLOR_ALWAYS)
 			rev.diffopt.use_color = GIT_COLOR_NEVER;
 		if (use_stdout)
 			die(_("standard output, or directory, which one?"));
+		/*
+		 * We consider <outdir> as 'outside of gitdir', therefore avoid
+		 * applying adjust_shared_perm in s-c-l-d.
+		 */
+		saved = get_shared_repository();
+		set_shared_repository(0);
+		switch (safe_create_leading_directories_const(output_directory)) {
+		case SCLD_OK:
+		case SCLD_EXISTS:
+			break;
+		default:
+			die(_("could not create leading directories "
+			      "of '%s'"), output_directory);
+		}
+		set_shared_repository(saved);
 		if (mkdir(output_directory, 0777) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 			die_errno(_("could not create directory '%s'"),
 				  output_directory);
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 72b09896cf..9facc3a79e 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1606,6 +1606,29 @@ test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' '
 	test_cmp from filtered
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with no leading directories' '
+	rm -fr patches &&
+	git format-patch -o patches master..side &&
+	count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) &&
+	ls patches >list &&
+	test_line_count = $count list
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with leading existing directories' '
+	git format-patch -o patches/side master..side &&
+	count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) &&
+	ls patches/side >list &&
+	test_line_count = $count list
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with leading non-existing directories' '
+	rm -fr patches &&
+	git format-patch -o patches/side master..side &&
+	count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) &&
+	ls patches/side >list &&
+	test_line_count = $count list
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'format-patch format.outputDirectory option' '
 	test_config format.outputDirectory patches &&
 	rm -fr patches &&
-- 
2.23.0.13.g28bc381d7c
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