If opendir() fails on the top-level directory, it makes sense to try
to delete it anyway--but only if the failure was due to EACCES.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
dir.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d10a63f..785a83e 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1511,8 +1511,11 @@ static int remove_dir_recurse(struct strbuf *path, int flag, int *kept_up)
flag &= ~REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_TOPLEVEL;
dir = opendir(path->buf);
if (!dir) {
- /* an empty dir could be removed even if it is unreadble */
- if (!keep_toplevel)
+ if (errno == EACCES && !keep_toplevel)
+ /*
+ * An empty dir could be removable even if it
+ * is unreadable:
+ */
return rmdir(path->buf);
else
return -1;
--
1.8.5.2
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