Merge branch 'ty/setup-error-tightening' into seen

While discovering a ".git" directory, the code treats any stat()
failure as a sign that a filesystem entity .git does not exist
there, and ignores ".git" that is not a "gitdir" file or a
directory.  The code has been tightened to notice and report
filesystem corruption better.

* ty/setup-error-tightening:
  setup: improve error diagnosis for invalid .git files
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 16:25:37 -08:00
6 changed files with 118 additions and 15 deletions

45
setup.c
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@@ -920,10 +920,14 @@ int verify_repository_format(const struct repository_format *format,
void read_gitfile_error_die(int error_code, const char *path, const char *dir)
{
switch (error_code) {
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED:
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE:
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING:
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR:
/* non-fatal; follow return path */
break;
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED:
die(_("error reading '%s'"), path);
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE:
die(_("not a regular file: '%s'"), path);
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_OPEN_FAILED:
die_errno(_("error opening '%s'"), path);
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_TOO_LARGE:
@@ -964,8 +968,14 @@ const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path, int *return_error_code)
static struct strbuf realpath = STRBUF_INIT;
if (stat(path, &st)) {
/* NEEDSWORK: discern between ENOENT vs other errors */
error_code = READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED;
if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
error_code = READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING;
else
error_code = READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED;
goto cleanup_return;
}
if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
error_code = READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR;
goto cleanup_return;
}
if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
@@ -1601,20 +1611,31 @@ static enum discovery_result setup_git_directory_gently_1(struct strbuf *dir,
if (offset > min_offset)
strbuf_addch(dir, '/');
strbuf_addstr(dir, DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
gitdirenv = read_gitfile_gently(dir->buf, die_on_error ?
NULL : &error_code);
gitdirenv = read_gitfile_gently(dir->buf, &error_code);
if (!gitdirenv) {
if (die_on_error ||
error_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE) {
/* NEEDSWORK: fail if .git is not file nor dir */
switch (error_code) {
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING:
/* no .git in this directory, move on */
break;
case READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR:
if (is_git_directory(dir->buf)) {
gitdirenv = DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT;
gitdir_path = xstrdup(dir->buf);
}
} else if (error_code != READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED)
return GIT_DIR_INVALID_GITFILE;
} else
/*
* NEEDSWORK: should we catch a directory .git
* that is not a git directory here?
*/
break;
default:
if (die_on_error || error_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE)
read_gitfile_error_die(error_code, dir->buf, NULL);
else
return GIT_DIR_INVALID_GITFILE;
}
} else {
gitfile = xstrdup(dir->buf);
}
/*
* Earlier, we tentatively added DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
* to check that directory for a repository.

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@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ int is_nonbare_repository_dir(struct strbuf *path);
#define READ_GITFILE_ERR_NO_PATH 6
#define READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_REPO 7
#define READ_GITFILE_ERR_TOO_LARGE 8
#define READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING 9
#define READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR 10
void read_gitfile_error_die(int error_code, const char *path, const char *dir);
const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path, int *return_error_code);
#define read_gitfile(path) read_gitfile_gently((path), NULL)

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@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ void absorb_git_dir_into_superproject(const char *path,
const struct submodule *sub;
struct strbuf sub_gitdir = STRBUF_INIT;
if (err_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_STAT_FAILED) {
if (err_code == READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING) {
/* unpopulated as expected */
strbuf_release(&gitdir);
return;

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@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ integration_tests = [
't0006-date.sh',
't0007-git-var.sh',
't0008-ignores.sh',
't0009-git-dir-validation.sh',
't0010-racy-git.sh',
't0012-help.sh',
't0013-sha1dc.sh',

77
t/t0009-git-dir-validation.sh Executable file
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@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
#!/bin/sh
test_description='setup: validation of .git file/directory types
Verify that setup_git_directory() correctly handles:
1. Valid .git directories (including symlinks to them).
2. Invalid .git files (FIFOs, sockets) by erroring out.
3. Invalid .git files (garbage) by erroring out.
'
. ./test-lib.sh
test_expect_success 'setup: create parent git repository' '
git init parent &&
test_commit -C parent "root-commit"
'
test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'setup: .git as a symlink to a directory is valid' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf parent/link-to-dir" &&
mkdir -p parent/link-to-dir &&
(
cd parent/link-to-dir &&
git init real-repo &&
ln -s real-repo/.git .git &&
git rev-parse --git-dir >actual &&
echo .git >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
)
'
test_expect_success PIPE 'setup: .git as a FIFO (named pipe) is rejected' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf parent/fifo-trap" &&
mkdir -p parent/fifo-trap &&
(
cd parent/fifo-trap &&
mkfifo .git &&
test_must_fail git rev-parse --git-dir 2>stderr &&
grep "not a regular file" stderr
)
'
test_expect_success SYMLINKS,PIPE 'setup: .git as a symlink to a FIFO is rejected' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf parent/symlink-fifo-trap" &&
mkdir -p parent/symlink-fifo-trap &&
(
cd parent/symlink-fifo-trap &&
mkfifo target-fifo &&
ln -s target-fifo .git &&
test_must_fail git rev-parse --git-dir 2>stderr &&
grep "not a regular file" stderr
)
'
test_expect_success 'setup: .git with garbage content is rejected' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf parent/garbage-trap" &&
mkdir -p parent/garbage-trap &&
(
cd parent/garbage-trap &&
echo "garbage" >.git &&
test_must_fail git rev-parse --git-dir 2>stderr &&
grep "invalid gitfile format" stderr
)
'
test_expect_success 'setup: .git as an empty directory is ignored' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf parent/empty-dir" &&
mkdir -p parent/empty-dir &&
(
cd parent/empty-dir &&
mkdir .git &&
git rev-parse --git-dir >actual &&
echo "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/parent/.git" >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
)
'
test_done

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@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ static void repair_gitfile(struct worktree *wt,
}
}
if (err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE)
if (err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE ||
err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR)
fn(1, wt->path, _(".git is not a file"), cb_data);
else if (err)
repair = _(".git file broken");
@@ -853,7 +854,8 @@ void repair_worktree_at_path(const char *path,
strbuf_addstr(&backlink, dotgit_contents);
strbuf_realpath_forgiving(&backlink, backlink.buf, 0);
}
} else if (err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE) {
} else if (err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE ||
err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR) {
fn(1, dotgit.buf, _("unable to locate repository; .git is not a file"), cb_data);
goto done;
} else if (err == READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_REPO) {