# [PATCH] Do not attempt to access literal dirname "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY".

1 messages from 2005-11-30 to 2005-11-30. Participants: Tommi Virtanen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2715

## Tommi Virtanen, 2005-11-30 15:37

Subject: [PATCH] Do not attempt to access literal dirname "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY".
Message-ID: <11333650304031-git-send-email-tv@inoi.fi>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11333650304031-git-send-email-tv%40inoi.fi

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Dereference the environment variable before using it.

Signed-off-by: Tommi Virtanen <tv@inoi.fi>

---

 setup.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

applies-to: fa10b18d1546129bf73713b64fbc4a8feae3487f
a4a0e60f920f906284f4f6a4d3b4ffb043834bc7
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index cc44a72..3286a56 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static const char *setup_git_directory_1
 		if (validate_symref(path))
 			goto bad_dir_environ;
 		if (getenv(DB_ENVIRONMENT)) {
-			if (access(DB_ENVIRONMENT, X_OK))
+			if (access(getenv(DB_ENVIRONMENT), X_OK))
 				goto bad_dir_environ;
 		}
 		else {
---
0.99.9.GIT

```