Add a function that returns a buffer containing the absolute path of its
argument and a semantic patch for its intended use. It avoids an extra
string copy to a static buffer.
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx>
---
abspath.c | 7 +++++++
cache.h | 1 +
contrib/coccinelle/xstrdup_or_null.cocci | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index fce40fddcc..2f0c26e0e2 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
return sb.buf;
}
+char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path)
+{
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
+ return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
/*
* Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
* not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 00a029af36..d7b7a8cd7a 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ const char *real_path(const char *path);
const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path);
char *real_pathdup(const char *path);
const char *absolute_path(const char *path);
+char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path);
const char *remove_leading_path(const char *in, const char *prefix);
const char *relative_path(const char *in, const char *prefix, struct strbuf *sb);
int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len);
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/xstrdup_or_null.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/xstrdup_or_null.cocci
index 3fceef132b..8e05d1ca4b 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/xstrdup_or_null.cocci
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/xstrdup_or_null.cocci
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ expression V;
- if (E)
- V = xstrdup(E);
+ V = xstrdup_or_null(E);
+
+@@
+expression E;
+@@
+- xstrdup(absolute_path(E))
++ absolute_pathdup(E)
--
2.11.0