#include "cache.h"
+/*
+ * Do not use this for inspecting *tracked* content. When path is a
+ * symlink to a directory, we do not want to say it is a directory when
+ * dealing with tracked content in the working tree.
+ */
+int is_directory(const char *path)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+ return (!stat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
+}
+
/* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
#define MAXDEPTH 5
die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
while (depth--) {
- if (stat(buf, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+ if (!is_directory(buf)) {
char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
if (last_slash) {
*last_slash = '\0';
len = readlink(buf, next_buf, PATH_MAX);
if (len < 0)
die ("Invalid symlink: %s", buf);
+ if (PATH_MAX <= len)
+ die("symbolic link too long: %s", buf);
next_buf[len] = '\0';
buf = next_buf;
buf_index = 1 - buf_index;