i18n: avoid parenthesized string as array initializer

[thirdparty/git.git] / abspath.c

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index ff140689ed2453809e7c3794c9989918e90df392..3005aedde68b48297aacd2082797b2e2f249b094 100644 (file)
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ int is_directory(const char *path)
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
 
-const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get the real path, i.e. resolve links. If you want an
+ * absolute path but don't mind links, use absolute_path.
+ *
+ * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the
+ * user wants.
+ */
+const char *real_path(const char *path)
 {
        static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
        char cwd[1024] = "";
@@ -104,7 +111,14 @@ static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
        return cwd;
 }
 
-const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
+ * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
+ *
+ * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
+ * never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
+ */
+const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
        static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];