Extend index to save more flags

diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 9d19c51e8e68d5d4c92465699c58ef0acec70209..65d5775107f9013526cc5b288a80a00b449e8814 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
        int len;
        struct stat st;
 
+       len = strlen(path);
+       if (has_symlink_leading_path(len, path))
+               return error("'%s' is beyond a symbolic link", path);
+
        /*
         * First things first: get the stat information, to decide
         * what to do about the pathname!
@@ -201,7 +205,6 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
        if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
                return process_lstat_error(path, errno);
 
-       len = strlen(path);
        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                return process_directory(path, len, &st);
 
@@ -215,7 +218,7 @@ static int add_cacheinfo(unsigned int mode, const unsigned char *sha1,
        struct cache_entry *ce;
 
        if (!verify_path(path))
-               return -1;
+               return error("Invalid path '%s'", path);
 
        len = strlen(path);
        size = cache_entry_size(len);
@@ -294,11 +297,9 @@ static void update_one(const char *path, const char *prefix, int prefix_length)
 
 static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 {
-       struct strbuf buf;
-       struct strbuf uq;
+       struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+       struct strbuf uq = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-       strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
-       strbuf_init(&uq, 0);
        while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
                char *ptr, *tab;
                char *path_name;
@@ -714,10 +715,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        free((char*)p);
        }
        if (read_from_stdin) {
-               struct strbuf buf, nbuf;
+               struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, nbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-               strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
-               strbuf_init(&nbuf, 0);
                setup_work_tree();
                while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, line_termination) != EOF) {
                        const char *p;