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 struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
40 * If we have to temporarily chdir(), store the original CWD
41 * here so that we can chdir() back to it at the end of the
44 struct strbuf cwd = STRBUF_INIT;
47 char *last_elem = NULL;
50 /* We've already done it */
56 die("The empty string is not a valid path");
62 strbuf_addstr(&sb, path);
65 if (!is_directory(sb.buf)) {
66 char *last_slash = find_last_dir_sep(sb.buf);
68 last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);
69 strbuf_setlen(&sb, last_slash - sb.buf + 1);
71 last_elem = xmemdupz(sb.buf, sb.len);
77 if (!cwd.len && strbuf_getcwd(&cwd)) {
79 die_errno("Could not get current working directory");
86 die_errno("Could not switch to '%s'",
92 if (strbuf_getcwd(&sb)) {
94 die_errno("Could not get current working directory");
100 if (sb.len && !is_dir_sep(sb.buf[sb.len - 1]))
101 strbuf_addch(&sb, '/');
102 strbuf_addstr(&sb, last_elem);
107 if (!lstat(sb.buf, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
108 struct strbuf next_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
109 ssize_t len = strbuf_readlink(&next_sb, sb.buf, 0);
112 die_errno("Invalid symlink '%s'",
117 strbuf_swap(&sb, &next_sb);
118 strbuf_release(&next_sb);
126 if (cwd.len && chdir(cwd.buf))
127 die_errno("Could not change back to '%s'", cwd.buf);
128 strbuf_release(&cwd);
133 const char *real_path(const char *path)
135 return real_path_internal(path, 1);
138 const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path)
140 return real_path_internal(path, 0);
144 * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
145 * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
147 const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
149 static struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
151 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
156 * Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
157 * not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file
160 const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
162 static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
163 #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
164 if (!pfx_len || is_absolute_path(arg))
167 strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
168 strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
170 /* don't add prefix to absolute paths, but still replace '\' by '/' */
172 if (is_absolute_path(arg))
175 strbuf_add(&path, pfx, pfx_len);
176 strbuf_addstr(&path, arg);
177 convert_slashes(path.buf + pfx_len);