Merge branch 'rj/config-cygwin'

[git.git] / abspath.c

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index ff140689ed2453809e7c3794c9989918e90df392..01858eb7bca277a125c414ef4bf1904fd0ea9059 100644 (file)
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ int is_directory(const char *path)
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
 
-const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get the real path, i.e. resolve links. If you want an
+ * absolute path but don't mind links, use absolute_path.
+ *
+ * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the
+ * user wants.
+ */
+const char *real_path(const char *path)
 {
        static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
        char cwd[1024] = "";
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 
        while (depth--) {
                if (!is_directory(buf)) {
-                       char *last_slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
+                       char *last_slash = find_last_dir_sep(buf);
                        if (last_slash) {
                                *last_slash = '\0';
                                last_elem = xstrdup(last_slash + 1);
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
                        if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
                                die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
                                                buf, last_elem);
-                       if (len && buf[len-1] != '/')
+                       if (len && !is_dir_sep(buf[len-1]))
                                buf[len++] = '/';
                        strcpy(buf + len, last_elem);
                        free(last_elem);
@@ -104,7 +111,14 @@ static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
        return cwd;
 }
 
-const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
+ * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
+ *
+ * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
+ * never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
+ */
+const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
        static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];