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 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
18 * Return the real path (i.e., absolute path, with symlinks resolved
19 * and extra slashes removed) equivalent to the specified path. (If
20 * you want an absolute path but don't mind links, use
21 * absolute_path().) The return value is a pointer to a static
24 * The input and all intermediate paths must be shorter than MAX_PATH.
25 * The directory part of path (i.e., everything up to the last
26 * dir_sep) must denote a valid, existing directory, but the last
27 * component need not exist. If die_on_error is set, then die with an
28 * informative error message if there is a problem. Otherwise, return
29 * NULL on errors (without generating any output).
31 * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the
34 static const char *real_path_internal(const char *path, int die_on_error)
36 static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
42 char *last_elem = NULL;
45 /* We've already done it */
46 if (path == buf || path == next_buf)
51 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
56 if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX) {
58 die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
64 if (!is_directory(buf)) {
65 char *last_slash = find_last_dir_sep(buf);
67 last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);
70 last_elem = xstrdup(buf);
76 if (!*cwd && !getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd))) {
78 die_errno("Could not get current working directory");
85 die_errno("Could not switch to '%s'", buf);
90 if (!getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX)) {
92 die_errno("Could not get current working directory");
98 size_t len = strlen(buf);
99 if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX) {
101 die("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
106 if (len && !is_dir_sep(buf[len-1]))
108 strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
113 if (!lstat(buf, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
114 ssize_t len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
117 die_errno("Invalid symlink '%s'", buf);
121 if (PATH_MAX <= len) {
123 die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
127 next_buf[len] = '\0';
129 buf_index = 1 - buf_index;
130 next_buf = bufs[buf_index];
138 if (*cwd && chdir(cwd))
139 die_errno ("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
144 const char *real_path(const char *path)
146 return real_path_internal(path, 1);
149 static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
151 static char cwd[PATH_MAX + 1];
153 struct stat cwd_stat, pwd_stat;
154 if (getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
157 if (pwd && strcmp(pwd, cwd)) {
158 stat(cwd, &cwd_stat);
159 if ((cwd_stat.st_dev || cwd_stat.st_ino) &&
160 !stat(pwd, &pwd_stat) &&
161 pwd_stat.st_dev == cwd_stat.st_dev &&
162 pwd_stat.st_ino == cwd_stat.st_ino) {
163 strlcpy(cwd, pwd, PATH_MAX);
170 * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
171 * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
173 * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
174 * never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
176 const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
178 static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
181 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
182 } else if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
183 if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
184 die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
188 const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
190 die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
192 fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len-1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
193 if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
194 die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
200 * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
201 * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file
204 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
206 static char path[PATH_MAX];
208 if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
210 memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
211 strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
214 /* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
215 if (is_absolute_path(arg))
218 memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
219 strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
220 for (p = path + pfx_len; *p; p++)