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 * Use this to get the real path, i.e. resolve links. If you want an
19 * absolute path but don't mind links, use absolute_path.
21 * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the
24 const char *real_path(const char *path)
26 static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
31 char *last_elem = NULL;
34 /* We've already done it */
35 if (path == buf || path == next_buf)
39 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
41 if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
42 die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
45 if (!is_directory(buf)) {
46 char *last_slash = find_last_dir_sep(buf);
48 last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);
51 last_elem = xstrdup(buf);
57 if (!*cwd && !getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)))
58 die_errno ("Could not get current working directory");
61 die_errno ("Could not switch to '%s'", buf);
63 if (!getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX))
64 die_errno ("Could not get current working directory");
67 size_t len = strlen(buf);
68 if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
69 die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
71 if (len && !is_dir_sep(buf[len-1]))
73 strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
78 if (!lstat(buf, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
79 ssize_t len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
81 die_errno ("Invalid symlink '%s'", buf);
83 die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
86 buf_index = 1 - buf_index;
87 next_buf = bufs[buf_index];
92 if (*cwd && chdir(cwd))
93 die_errno ("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd);
98 static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
100 static char cwd[PATH_MAX + 1];
102 struct stat cwd_stat, pwd_stat;
103 if (getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
106 if (pwd && strcmp(pwd, cwd)) {
107 stat(cwd, &cwd_stat);
108 if ((cwd_stat.st_dev || cwd_stat.st_ino) &&
109 !stat(pwd, &pwd_stat) &&
110 pwd_stat.st_dev == cwd_stat.st_dev &&
111 pwd_stat.st_ino == cwd_stat.st_ino) {
112 strlcpy(cwd, pwd, PATH_MAX);
119 * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
120 * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
122 * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
123 * never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
125 const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
127 static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
130 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
131 } else if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
132 if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
133 die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
137 const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
139 die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
141 fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len-1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
142 if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
143 die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
149 * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
150 * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file
153 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
155 static char path[PATH_MAX];
157 if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
159 memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
160 strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
163 /* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
164 if (is_absolute_path(arg))
167 memcpy(path, pfx, pfx_len);
168 strcpy(path + pfx_len, arg);
169 for (p = path + pfx_len; *p; p++)