check_filename(): make verify_filename() callable without dying

Make it possible to invole the logic of verify_filename() to make sure the
pathname arguments are unambiguous without actually dying.  The caller may
want to do something different.

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 96840c7af78aac3c760586dd8018652ec9ddefed..71a731dbc988a8a22d0a2e1f8f3a5223f4c5d67a 100644 (file)
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
 extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
 extern const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
 extern const char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
+extern int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 extern void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 extern void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 029371e5844a1069d62456c6bb51028efbb671c4..f67250b7c1f7b5a62c30de0122c404554357f61b 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
        return path;
 }
 
+int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+       const char *name;
+       struct stat st;
+
+       name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+       if (!lstat(name, &st))
+               return 1; /* file exists */
+       if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
+               return 0; /* file does not exist */
+       die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+}
+
 /*
  * Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
  * entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
@@ -70,18 +83,12 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
  */
 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))
+       if (check_filename(prefix, arg))
                return;
-       if (errno == ENOENT)
-               die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
-                   "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
-       die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+       die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
+           "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -91,19 +98,14 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
  */
 void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
 {
-       const char *name;
-       struct stat st;
-
        if (!is_inside_work_tree() || is_inside_git_dir())
                return;
        if (*arg == '-')
                return; /* flag */
-       name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
-       if (!lstat(name, &st))
-               die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
-                   "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
-       if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
-               die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+       if (!check_filename(prefix, arg))
+               return;
+       die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
+           "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
 }
 
 const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)