Merge branch 'bw/pathspec-cleanup'
[git.git] / abspath.c
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1 #include "cache.h"
3 /*
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.
7 */
8 int is_directory(const char *path)
10 struct stat st;
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]))
22 len--;
23 /* Skip sequences of multiple path-separators */
24 while (offset < len && is_dir_sep(path->buf[len - 1]))
25 len--;
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)
33 char *start = NULL;
34 char *end = NULL;
36 strbuf_reset(next);
38 /* look for the next component */
39 /* Skip sequences of multiple path-separators */
40 for (start = remaining->buf; is_dir_sep(*start); start++)
41 ; /* nothing */
42 /* Find end of the path component */
43 for (end = start; *end && !is_dir_sep(*end); end++)
44 ; /* nothing */
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);
60 #endif
61 strbuf_remove(remaining, 0, offset);
64 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
65 #define MAXSYMLINKS 5
68 * Return the real path (i.e., absolute path, with symlinks resolved
69 * and extra slashes removed) equivalent to the specified path. (If
70 * you want an absolute path but don't mind links, use
71 * absolute_path().) Places the resolved realpath in the provided strbuf.
73 * The directory part of path (i.e., everything up to the last
74 * dir_sep) must denote a valid, existing directory, but the last
75 * component need not exist. If die_on_error is set, then die with an
76 * informative error message if there is a problem. Otherwise, return
77 * NULL on errors (without generating any output).
79 char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
80 int die_on_error)
82 struct strbuf remaining = STRBUF_INIT;
83 struct strbuf next = STRBUF_INIT;
84 struct strbuf symlink = STRBUF_INIT;
85 char *retval = NULL;
86 int num_symlinks = 0;
87 struct stat st;
89 if (!*path) {
90 if (die_on_error)
91 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
92 else
93 goto error_out;
96 strbuf_addstr(&remaining, path);
97 get_root_part(resolved, &remaining);
99 if (!resolved->len) {
100 /* relative path; can use CWD as the initial resolved path */
101 if (strbuf_getcwd(resolved)) {
102 if (die_on_error)
103 die_errno("unable to get current working directory");
104 else
105 goto error_out;
109 /* Iterate over the remaining path components */
110 while (remaining.len > 0) {
111 get_next_component(&next, &remaining);
113 if (next.len == 0) {
114 continue; /* empty component */
115 } else if (next.len == 1 && !strcmp(next.buf, ".")) {
116 continue; /* '.' component */
117 } else if (next.len == 2 && !strcmp(next.buf, "..")) {
118 /* '..' component; strip the last path component */
119 strip_last_component(resolved);
120 continue;
123 /* append the next component and resolve resultant path */
124 if (!is_dir_sep(resolved->buf[resolved->len - 1]))
125 strbuf_addch(resolved, '/');
126 strbuf_addbuf(resolved, &next);
128 if (lstat(resolved->buf, &st)) {
129 /* error out unless this was the last component */
130 if (errno != ENOENT || remaining.len) {
131 if (die_on_error)
132 die_errno("Invalid path '%s'",
133 resolved->buf);
134 else
135 goto error_out;
137 } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
138 ssize_t len;
139 strbuf_reset(&symlink);
141 if (num_symlinks++ > MAXSYMLINKS) {
142 if (die_on_error)
143 die("More than %d nested symlinks "
144 "on path '%s'", MAXSYMLINKS, path);
145 else
146 goto error_out;
149 len = strbuf_readlink(&symlink, resolved->buf,
150 st.st_size);
151 if (len < 0) {
152 if (die_on_error)
153 die_errno("Invalid symlink '%s'",
154 resolved->buf);
155 else
156 goto error_out;
159 if (is_absolute_path(symlink.buf)) {
160 /* absolute symlink; set resolved to root */
161 get_root_part(resolved, &symlink);
162 } else {
164 * relative symlink
165 * strip off the last component since it will
166 * be replaced with the contents of the symlink
168 strip_last_component(resolved);
172 * if there are still remaining components to resolve
173 * then append them to symlink
175 if (remaining.len) {
176 strbuf_addch(&symlink, '/');
177 strbuf_addbuf(&symlink, &remaining);
181 * use the symlink as the remaining components that
182 * need to be resloved
184 strbuf_swap(&symlink, &remaining);
188 retval = resolved->buf;
190 error_out:
191 strbuf_release(&remaining);
192 strbuf_release(&next);
193 strbuf_release(&symlink);
195 if (!retval)
196 strbuf_reset(resolved);
198 return retval;
201 const char *real_path(const char *path)
203 static struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
204 return strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 1);
207 const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path)
209 static struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
210 return strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0);
213 char *real_pathdup(const char *path)
215 struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
216 char *retval = NULL;
218 if (strbuf_realpath(&realpath, path, 0))
219 retval = strbuf_detach(&realpath, NULL);
221 strbuf_release(&realpath);
223 return retval;
227 * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
228 * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
230 const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
232 static struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
233 strbuf_reset(&sb);
234 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
235 return sb.buf;
239 * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
240 * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file
241 * on the filesystem.
243 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
245 static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
246 #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
247 if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
248 return arg;
249 strbuf_reset(&path);
250 strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
251 strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
252 #else
253 /* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
254 strbuf_reset(&path);
255 if (is_absolute_path(arg))
256 pfx_len = 0;
257 else if (pfx_len)
258 strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
259 strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
260 convert_slashes(path.buf + pfx_len);
261 #endif
262 return path.buf;