Please ignore this. Will rebase on 2.24-rc0 and will only include the test changes. Bert On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:25 PM Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 'git format-patch -o <outdir>' did an equivalent of 'mkdir <outdir>' > not 'mkdir -p <outdir>', which is being corrected. > > Avoid the usage of 'adjust_shared_perm' on the leading directories which > may have security implications. Achieved by temporarily disabling of > 'config.sharedRepository' like 'git init' does. > > Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Changes in v2: > * squashed and base new tests on 'dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup' > > Changes in v3: > * avoid applying adjust_shared_perm > > Changes in v4: > * based on dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup and adopt it > > Changes in v5: > * make tests self-contained > > Cc: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/config/format.txt | 2 +- > Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 3 ++- > builtin/log.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt > index cb629fa769..40cad9278f 100644 > --- a/Documentation/config/format.txt > +++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt > @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ format.coverLetter:: > > format.outputDirectory:: > Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the > - current working directory. > + current working directory. All directory components will be created. > > format.useAutoBase:: > A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of > diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > index 0ac56f4b70..2035d4d5d5 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ they are created in the current working directory. The default path > can be set with the `format.outputDirectory` configuration option. > The `-o` option takes precedence over `format.outputDirectory`. > To store patches in the current working directory even when > -`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`. > +`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`. All directory > +components will be created. > > By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] " followed by > the concatenation of lines from the commit message up to the first blank > diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c > index 44b10b3415..8d08632858 100644 > --- a/builtin/log.c > +++ b/builtin/log.c > @@ -1765,10 +1765,26 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > setup_pager(); > > if (output_directory) { > + int saved; > if (rev.diffopt.use_color != GIT_COLOR_ALWAYS) > rev.diffopt.use_color = GIT_COLOR_NEVER; > if (use_stdout) > die(_("standard output, or directory, which one?")); > + /* > + * We consider <outdir> as 'outside of gitdir', therefore avoid > + * applying adjust_shared_perm in s-c-l-d. > + */ > + saved = get_shared_repository(); > + set_shared_repository(0); > + switch (safe_create_leading_directories_const(output_directory)) { > + case SCLD_OK: > + case SCLD_EXISTS: > + break; > + default: > + die(_("could not create leading directories " > + "of '%s'"), output_directory); > + } > + set_shared_repository(saved); > if (mkdir(output_directory, 0777) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) > die_errno(_("could not create directory '%s'"), > output_directory); > diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh > index 72b09896cf..3aab25da76 100755 > --- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh > +++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh > @@ -1606,6 +1606,32 @@ test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' ' > test_cmp from filtered > ' > > +test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with no leading directories' ' > + rm -fr patches && > + git format-patch -o patches master..side && > + count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) && > + ls patches >list && > + test_line_count = $count list > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with leading existing directories' ' > + rm -rf existing-dir && > + mkdir existing-dir && > + git format-patch -o existing-dir/patches master..side && > + count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) && > + ls existing-dir/patches >list && > + test_line_count = $count list > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'format-patch -o with leading non-existing directories' ' > + rm -rf non-existing-dir && > + git format-patch -o non-existing-dir/patches master..side && > + count=$(git rev-list --count master..side) && > + test_path_is_dir non-existing-dir > + ls non-existing-dir/patches >list && > + test_line_count = $count list > +' > + > test_expect_success 'format-patch format.outputDirectory option' ' > test_config format.outputDirectory patches && > rm -fr patches && > -- > 2.23.0.13.g28bc381d7c >