add "test-absolute-path" to .gitignore
[gitweb.git] / entry.c
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index 82bf7259a7d1d34a92a9bf214bccd9771748c582..0625112339deee7418571b5d513f923d6f00092b 100644 (file)
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -8,17 +8,40 @@ static void create_directories(const char *path, const struct checkout *state)
        const char *slash = path;
 
        while ((slash = strchr(slash+1, '/')) != NULL) {
+               struct stat st;
+               int stat_status;
+
                len = slash - path;
                memcpy(buf, path, len);
                buf[len] = 0;
+
+               if (len <= state->base_dir_len)
+                       /*
+                        * checkout-index --prefix=<dir>; <dir> is
+                        * allowed to be a symlink to an existing
+                        * directory.
+                        */
+                       stat_status = stat(buf, &st);
+               else
+                       /*
+                        * if there currently is a symlink, we would
+                        * want to replace it with a real directory.
+                        */
+                       stat_status = lstat(buf, &st);
+
+               if (!stat_status && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+                       continue; /* ok, it is already a directory. */
+
+               /*
+                * We know stat_status == 0 means something exists
+                * there and this mkdir would fail, but that is an
+                * error codepath; we do not care, as we unlink and
+                * mkdir again in such a case.
+                */
                if (mkdir(buf, 0777)) {
-                       if (errno == EEXIST) {
-                               struct stat st;
-                               if (len > state->base_dir_len && state->force && !unlink(buf) && !mkdir(buf, 0777))
-                                       continue;
-                               if (!stat(buf, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-                                       continue; /* ok */
-                       }
+                       if (errno == EEXIST && state->force &&
+                           !unlink(buf) && !mkdir(buf, 0777))
+                               continue;
                        die("cannot create directory at %s", buf);
                }
        }
@@ -31,7 +54,7 @@ static void remove_subtree(const char *path)
        struct dirent *de;
        char pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
        char *name;
-       
+
        if (!dir)
                die("cannot opendir %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
        strcpy(pathbuf, path);
@@ -145,7 +168,7 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, char *path, const struct checkout
                                                 "symlink %s (%s)", path, strerror(errno));
                }
                break;
-       case S_IFDIRLNK:
+       case S_IFGITLINK:
                if (to_tempfile)
                        return error("git-checkout-index: cannot create temporary subproject %s", path);
                if (mkdir(path, 0777) < 0)
@@ -194,7 +217,7 @@ int checkout_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, const struct checkout *state, char *t
                unlink(path);
                if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
                        /* If it is a gitlink, leave it alone! */
-                       if (S_ISDIRLNK(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
+                       if (S_ISGITLINK(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
                                return 0;
                        if (!state->force)
                                return error("%s is a directory", path);