4 * Do not use this for inspecting *tracked* content. When path is a
5 * symlink to a directory, we do not want to say it is a directory when
6 * dealing with tracked content in the working tree.
8 int is_directory(const char *path
)
11 return (!stat(path
, &st
) && S_ISDIR(st
.st_mode
));
14 /* removes the last path component from 'path' except if 'path' is root */
15 static void strip_last_component(struct strbuf
*path
)
17 size_t offset
= offset_1st_component(path
->buf
);
18 size_t len
= path
->len
;
20 /* Find start of the last component */
21 while (offset
< len
&& !is_dir_sep(path
->buf
[len
- 1]))
23 /* Skip sequences of multiple path-separators */
24 while (offset
< len
&& is_dir_sep(path
->buf
[len
- 1]))
27 strbuf_setlen(path
, len
);
30 /* get (and remove) the next component in 'remaining' and place it in 'next' */
31 static void get_next_component(struct strbuf
*next
, struct strbuf
*remaining
)
38 /* look for the next component */
39 /* Skip sequences of multiple path-separators */
40 for (start
= remaining
->buf
; is_dir_sep(*start
); start
++)
42 /* Find end of the path component */
43 for (end
= start
; *end
&& !is_dir_sep(*end
); end
++)
46 strbuf_add(next
, start
, end
- start
);
47 /* remove the component from 'remaining' */
48 strbuf_remove(remaining
, 0, end
- remaining
->buf
);
51 /* copies root part from remaining to resolved, canonicalizing it on the way */
52 static void get_root_part(struct strbuf
*resolved
, struct strbuf
*remaining
)
54 int offset
= offset_1st_component(remaining
->buf
);
56 strbuf_reset(resolved
);
57 strbuf_add(resolved
, remaining
->buf
, offset
);
58 #ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
59 convert_slashes(resolved
->buf
);
61 strbuf_remove(remaining
, 0, offset
);
64 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
66 #define MAXSYMLINKS 32
70 * Return the real path (i.e., absolute path, with symlinks resolved
71 * and extra slashes removed) equivalent to the specified path. (If
72 * you want an absolute path but don't mind links, use
73 * absolute_path().) Places the resolved realpath in the provided strbuf.
75 * The directory part of path (i.e., everything up to the last
76 * dir_sep) must denote a valid, existing directory, but the last
77 * component need not exist. If die_on_error is set, then die with an
78 * informative error message if there is a problem. Otherwise, return
79 * NULL on errors (without generating any output).
81 char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf
*resolved
, const char *path
,
84 struct strbuf remaining
= STRBUF_INIT
;
85 struct strbuf next
= STRBUF_INIT
;
86 struct strbuf symlink
= STRBUF_INIT
;
93 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
98 strbuf_addstr(&remaining
, path
);
99 get_root_part(resolved
, &remaining
);
101 if (!resolved
->len
) {
102 /* relative path; can use CWD as the initial resolved path */
103 if (strbuf_getcwd(resolved
)) {
105 die_errno("unable to get current working directory");
111 /* Iterate over the remaining path components */
112 while (remaining
.len
> 0) {
113 get_next_component(&next
, &remaining
);
116 continue; /* empty component */
117 } else if (next
.len
== 1 && !strcmp(next
.buf
, ".")) {
118 continue; /* '.' component */
119 } else if (next
.len
== 2 && !strcmp(next
.buf
, "..")) {
120 /* '..' component; strip the last path component */
121 strip_last_component(resolved
);
125 /* append the next component and resolve resultant path */
126 if (!is_dir_sep(resolved
->buf
[resolved
->len
- 1]))
127 strbuf_addch(resolved
, '/');
128 strbuf_addbuf(resolved
, &next
);
130 if (lstat(resolved
->buf
, &st
)) {
131 /* error out unless this was the last component */
132 if (errno
!= ENOENT
|| remaining
.len
) {
134 die_errno("Invalid path '%s'",
139 } else if (S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
141 strbuf_reset(&symlink
);
143 if (num_symlinks
++ > MAXSYMLINKS
) {
147 die("More than %d nested symlinks "
148 "on path '%s'", MAXSYMLINKS
, path
);
153 len
= strbuf_readlink(&symlink
, resolved
->buf
,
157 die_errno("Invalid symlink '%s'",
163 if (is_absolute_path(symlink
.buf
)) {
164 /* absolute symlink; set resolved to root */
165 get_root_part(resolved
, &symlink
);
169 * strip off the last component since it will
170 * be replaced with the contents of the symlink
172 strip_last_component(resolved
);
176 * if there are still remaining components to resolve
177 * then append them to symlink
180 strbuf_addch(&symlink
, '/');
181 strbuf_addbuf(&symlink
, &remaining
);
185 * use the symlink as the remaining components that
186 * need to be resloved
188 strbuf_swap(&symlink
, &remaining
);
192 retval
= resolved
->buf
;
195 strbuf_release(&remaining
);
196 strbuf_release(&next
);
197 strbuf_release(&symlink
);
200 strbuf_reset(resolved
);
205 const char *real_path(const char *path
)
207 static struct strbuf realpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
208 return strbuf_realpath(&realpath
, path
, 1);
211 const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path
)
213 static struct strbuf realpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
214 return strbuf_realpath(&realpath
, path
, 0);
217 char *real_pathdup(const char *path
, int die_on_error
)
219 struct strbuf realpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
222 if (strbuf_realpath(&realpath
, path
, die_on_error
))
223 retval
= strbuf_detach(&realpath
, NULL
);
225 strbuf_release(&realpath
);
231 * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
232 * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
234 const char *absolute_path(const char *path
)
236 static struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
238 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb
, path
);
242 char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path
)
244 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
245 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb
, path
);
246 return strbuf_detach(&sb
, NULL
);
249 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx
, int pfx_len
, const char *arg
)
251 static struct strbuf path
= STRBUF_INIT
;
252 #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
253 if (!pfx_len
|| is_absolute_path(arg
))
256 strbuf_add(&path
, pfx
, pfx_len
);
257 strbuf_addstr(&path
, arg
);
259 /* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
261 if (is_absolute_path(arg
))
264 strbuf_add(&path
, pfx
, pfx_len
);
265 strbuf_addstr(&path
, arg
);
266 convert_slashes(path
.buf
+ pfx_len
);