git-svn: detect and fail gracefully when dcommitting to a void

[git.git] / daemon.c

diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 41a60af624ae661e9bd96a935ecdc855625b669e..2b4a6f145cc0f37c95da31df23dfde3ba7fa63a7 100644 (file)
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                usage(daemon_usage);
        }
 
+       if (log_syslog) {
+               openlog("git-daemon", 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+               set_die_routine(daemon_die);
+       }
+
        if (inetd_mode && (group_name || user_name))
                die("--user and --group are incompatible with --inetd");
 
@@ -1176,14 +1181,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                }
        }
 
-       if (log_syslog) {
-               openlog("git-daemon", 0, LOG_DAEMON);
-               set_die_routine(daemon_die);
-       }
-
        if (strict_paths && (!ok_paths || !*ok_paths))
                die("option --strict-paths requires a whitelist");
 
+       if (base_path) {
+               struct stat st;
+
+               if (stat(base_path, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+                       die("base-path '%s' does not exist or "
+                           "is not a directory", base_path);
+       }
+
        if (inetd_mode) {
                struct sockaddr_storage ss;
                struct sockaddr *peer = (struct sockaddr *)&ss;