Fix filename verification when in a subdirectory

[thirdparty/git.git] / setup.c

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 36ede3d87483548bb1ce6c19361d7f6584386147..cce9bb80692f99ea1661fb8ab925955b5db0336c 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -62,6 +62,29 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
        return path;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
+ * entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
+ * as true, because even if such a filename were to exist, we want
+ * it to be preceded by the "--" marker (or we want the user to
+ * use a format like "./-filename")
+ */
+void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+       const char *name;
+       struct stat st;
+
+       if (*arg == '-')
+               die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg);
+       name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+       if (!lstat(name, &st))
+               return;
+       if (errno == ENOENT)
+               die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or filename\n"
+                   "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+       die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
+}
+
 const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
 {
        const char *entry = *pathspec;