Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] abspath: add a function to resolve paths with missing components

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Hi brian,

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020, brian m. carlson wrote:

> @@ -80,6 +97,16 @@ static void get_root_part(struct strbuf *resolved, struct strbuf *remaining)
>   */
>  char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
>  		      int die_on_error)
> +{
> +	return strbuf_realpath_missing(resolved, path, 1, die_on_error);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Just like strbuf_realpath, but allows specifying how many missing components
> + * are permitted.  -1 may be specified to allow an unlimited number.
> + */
> +char *strbuf_realpath_missing(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
> +			      int missing_components, int die_on_error)

I am having a hard time with the name `missing_components`. Taking a step
back, I think that we are interested in essentially two modes: allow one
missing component, or an arbitrary amount of missing components.

If this assumption is correct, we may not even need to count components at
all. We only need a flag indicating whether we allow only the last
component to be missing, or any number of components. Maybe something like
`error_on_missing_parent_directory` or some such?

Ciao,
Dscho

>  {
>  	struct strbuf remaining = STRBUF_INIT;
>  	struct strbuf next = STRBUF_INIT;
> @@ -128,8 +155,12 @@ char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
>  		strbuf_addbuf(resolved, &next);
>
>  		if (lstat(resolved->buf, &st)) {
> +			int trailing_components = count_dir_separators(remaining.buf) +
> +						  (remaining.len != 0);
>  			/* error out unless this was the last component */
> -			if (errno != ENOENT || remaining.len) {
> +			if (errno != ENOENT ||
> +			    !(missing_components == -1 ||
> +			      trailing_components < missing_components)) {
>  				if (die_on_error)
>  					die_errno("Invalid path '%s'",
>  						  resolved->buf);
> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
> index c0072d43b1..ee4bc5ec04 100644
> --- a/cache.h
> +++ b/cache.h
> @@ -1320,6 +1320,8 @@ static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
>  int is_directory(const char *);
>  char *strbuf_realpath(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
>  		      int die_on_error);
> +char *strbuf_realpath_missing(struct strbuf *resolved, const char *path,
> +			      int missing_components, int die_on_error);
>  char *real_pathdup(const char *path, int die_on_error);
>  const char *absolute_path(const char *path);
>  char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path);
>




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