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[PATCH v2] mingw: check that the file attributes are valid

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RGRose via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2023, 14:46 UTC
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From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>

If the attributes are invalid, return -1 to indicate an error.

Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
---
    mingw: check that the file attributes are valid
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1413%2FAtariDreams%2Fset-hidden-flag-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1413/AtariDreams/set-hidden-flag-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1413
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  d2992745f3f ! 1:  f1cc7d9a98b mingw: check that the file attributes are valid
     @@ Metadata
       ## Commit message ##
          mingw: check that the file attributes are valid
      
     -    If the attributes are invalid, return an error.
     +    If the attributes are invalid, return -1
     +    to indicate an error.
      
          Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
      
 compat/mingw.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index af397e68a1d..01bafa01e92 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ static inline int needs_hiding(const char *path)
 static int set_hidden_flag(const wchar_t *path, int set)
 {
 	DWORD original = GetFileAttributesW(path), modified;
+	if (original == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (set)
 		modified = original | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 	else

base-commit: a38d39a4c50d1275833aba54c4dbdfce9e2e9ca1
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