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Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] use strbuf_getcwd() to get the current working directory without fixed-sized buffers

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 21, 2014, 19:02 UTC
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<xmqqsiluilgc.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
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<20140721023312.GC22750@peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 06:49:54PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
>> index 56f85e2..c4958b6 100644
>> --- a/builtin/init-db.c
>> +++ b/builtin/init-db.c
>> @@ -535,10 +535,10 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  		usage(init_db_usage[0]);
>>  	}
>>  	if (is_bare_repository_cfg == 1) {
>> -		static char git_dir[PATH_MAX+1];
>> -
>> -		setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT,
>> -			getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), argc > 0);
>> +		struct strbuf cwd = STRBUF_INIT;
>> +		strbuf_getcwd(&cwd);
>> +		setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cwd.buf, argc > 0);
>> +		strbuf_release(&cwd);
>
> Hmm. You are not making anything worse here, as we already do not check
> the return value of getcwd. But what happens if it fails? Looks like we
> currently get a segfault, and the new code will silently set the
> variable to the empty string. Neither is particularly helpful.
>
> Should we be using the xgetcwd helper that you add in the next patch?
>
>> -			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
>> +			strbuf_getcwd(&cwd);
>> +			setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cwd.buf, 0);
>> +			strbuf_release(&cwd);
>
> Ditto here.
Good eyes.
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Message 7 of 9 in “getcwd without PATH_MAX”
  1. 0/4 getcwd without PATH_MAXRené Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  2. 1/4 strbuf: add strbuf_getcwd()René Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  3. 2/4 use strbuf_getcwd() to get the current working directory without fixed-sized buffersRené Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  4. Jeff KingJul 21, 2014
  5. René ScharfeJul 21, 2014
  6. Jeff KingJul 22, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2014
  8. 3/4 wrapper: add xgetcwd()René Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014
  9. 4/4 use xgetcwd() get the current directory or dieRené Scharfe, Jul 20, 2014

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