}
/* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
-#define MAXSYMLINKS 5
+#ifndef MAXSYMLINKS
+#define MAXSYMLINKS 32
+#endif
/*
* Return the real path (i.e., absolute path, with symlinks resolved
strbuf_reset(&symlink);
if (num_symlinks++ > MAXSYMLINKS) {
+ errno = ELOOP;
+
if (die_on_error)
die("More than %d nested symlinks "
"on path '%s'", MAXSYMLINKS, path);
return sb.buf;
}
+char *absolute_pathdup(const char *path)
+{
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
+ return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+}
+
/*
* Unlike prefix_path, this should be used if the named file does
* not have to interact with index entry; i.e. name of a random file