This branch introduces support for reading the "Windows-wide" Git
configuration from `%PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config`. As these settings are
intended to be shared between *all* Git-related software, that config
file takes an even lower precedence than `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig`.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
This topic branch adds the --command=<command> option that allows
starting the Git Bash (or Git CMD) with different terminal emulators
than the one encoded via embedded string resources.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Use msysGit's `git-wrapper` instead of the builtins. This works around
two issues:
- when the file system does not allow hard links, we would waste over
800 megabyte by having 109 copies of a multi-megabyte executable
- even when the file system allows hard links, the Windows Explorer
counts the disk usage as if it did not. Many users complained about
Git for Windows using too much space (when it actually did not). We
can easily avoid those user complaints by merging this branch.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
These fixes were necessary for Sverre Rabbelier's remote-hg to work,
but for some magic reason they are not necessary for the current
remote-hg. Makes you wonder how that one gets away with it.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Between the libgit2 and the Git for Windows project, there has been a
discussion how we could share Git configuration to avoid duplication (or
worse: skew).
Earlier, libgit2 was nice enough to just re-use Git for Windows'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\gitconfig
but with the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x, there would be more paths to
search, as we will have 64-bit and 32-bit versions, and the
corresponding config files will be in %PROGRAMFILES%\Git\mingw64\etc and
...\mingw32\etc, respectively.
Worse: there are portable Git for Windows versions out there which live
in totally unrelated directories, still.
Therefore we came to a consensus to use `%PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config` as the
location for shared Git settings that are of wider interest than just Git
for Windows.
On XP, there is no %PROGRAMDATA%, therefore we need to use
"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Git\config" in those setups.
Of course, the configuration in `%PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config` has the
widest reach, therefore it must take the lowest precedence, i.e. Git for
Windows can still override settings in its `etc/gitconfig` file.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
'git config' (--add / --unset etc.) automatically creates missing config
files. However, it fails with a misleading error message "could not lock
config file" if the parent directory doesn't exist.
Also create missing parent directories.
This is particularly important when calling
git config -f /non/existing/directory/config ...
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The idea of `git-bash.exe` automatically running the Git Bash in the
home directory was to support the start menu item `Git Bash` (which
should not start in C:\Program Files\Git, but in $HOME), and to make
that behavior consistent with double-clicking in `git-bash.exe`
portable Git.
However, it turns out that one of the main use cases of portable Git is
to run the Git Bash in GitHub for Windows, and it should start in the
top-level directory of a given project. Therefore, the concern to keep
double-clicking `git-bash.exe` consistent with the start menu item was
actually unfounded.
As to the start menu item: it can easily be changed to launch
`git-bash.exe` with a command-line option. So let's introduce the
--cd-to-home option for that purpose.
As a bonus, the Git wrapper can now also serve as a drop-in redirector
/bin/bash.exe to provide backwards-compatibility of Git for Windows 2.x
with 1.x: some 3rd-party software expects to find that executable there,
and it also expects it to leave the working directory unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
By embedding string resources into the Git wrapper executable, it
can be configured to execute custom commands (after setting up the
environment in the way required for Git for Windows to work properly).
This feature is used e.g. for `git-bash.exe` which launches a Bash in
the configured terminal window.
Here, we introduce command-line options to override those string
resources. That way, a user can call `git-bash.exe` (which is a copy of
the Git wrapper with `usr\bin\bash.exe --login -i` embedded as string
resource) with command-line options that will override what command is
run.
ConEmu, for example, might want to call
...\git-bash.exe --needs-console --no-hide --minimal-search-path ^
--command=usr\\bin\\bash.exe --login -i
In particular, the following options are supported now:
--command=<command-line>::
Executes `<command-line>` instead of the embedded string resource
--[no-]minimal-search-path::
Ensures that only `/cmd/` is added to the `PATH` instead of
`/mingw??/bin` and `/usr/bin/`, or not
--[no-]needs-console::
Ensures that there is a Win32 console associated with the spawned
process, or not
--[no-]hide::
Hides the console window, or not
Helped-by: Eli Young <elyscape@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
We will enhance the function in the next commit to support @@VAR@@
expansion in the upcoming `--command=<command>` option.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The contract for the stat() and lstat() function is:
> stat(): stats the file pointed to by path and fills in buf.
> lstat(): is identical to stat(), except that if path is a symbolic link,
> then the link itself is stat-ed, not the file that it refers to.
stat() should always return the statistics of the file or directory a
symbolic link is pointing to. The lstat() function is used to get the
stats for the symlink. Hence the check should not be there.
Signed-off-by: Loris Chiocca <loris@chiocca.ch>
This is needed so that `_wchdir()` can be used with drive root
directories, e.g. C:\ (`_wchdir("C:")` fails to switch the directory
to the root directory).
This fixes https://github.com/msysgit/git/issues/359 (in Git for Windows
2.x only, though).
Likewise, `readlink()`'s semantics require a trailing slash for symbolic
links pointing to directories. Otherwise all checked out symbolic links
pointing to directories would be marked as modified even directly after a
fresh clone.
This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/210
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The SVN library doesn't seem to support symlinks, even if symlinks are
enabled in MSys and Git. Use 'cp' instead of 'ln -s'.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Symlinks on Windows have a flag that indicates whether the target is a file
or a directory. Symlinks of wrong type simply don't work. This even affects
core Win32 APIs (e.g. DeleteFile() refuses to delete directory symlinks).
However, CreateFile() with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS doesn't seem to care.
Check the target type by first creating a tentative file symlink, opening
it, and checking the type of the resulting handle. If it is a directory,
recreate the symlink with the directory flag set.
It is possible to create symlinks before the target exists (or in case of
symlinks to symlinks: before the target type is known). If this happens,
create a tentative file symlink and postpone the directory decision: keep
a list of phantom symlinks to be processed whenever a new directory is
created in mingw_mkdir().
Limitations: This algorithm may fail if a link target changes from file to
directory or vice versa, or if the target directory is created in another
process.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Implement symlink() that always creates file symlinks. Fails with ENOSYS
if symlinks are disabled or unsupported.
Note: CreateSymbolicLinkW() was introduced with symlink support in Windows
Vista. For compatibility with Windows XP, we need to load it dynamically
and fail gracefully if it isnt's available.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Implement readlink() by reading NTFS reparse points. Works for symlinks
and directory junctions. If symlinks are disabled, fail with ENOSYS.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
If symlinks are enabled, resolve all symlinks when changing directories,
as required by POSIX.
Note: Git's real_path() function bases its link resolution algorithm on
this property of chdir(). Unfortunately, the current directory on Windows
is limited to only MAX_PATH (260) characters. Therefore using symlinks and
long paths in combination may be problematic.
Note: GetFinalPathNameByHandleW() was introduced with symlink support in
Windows Vista. Thus, for compatibility with Windows XP, we need to load it
dynamically and behave gracefully if it isnt's available.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
MSVCRT's _wrename() cannot rename symlinks over existing files: it returns
success without doing anything. Newer MSVCR*.dll versions probably do not
have this problem: according to CRT sources, they just call MoveFileEx()
with the MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED flag.
Get rid of _wrename() and call MoveFileEx() with proper error handling.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
_wunlink() / DeleteFileW() refuses to delete symlinks to directories. If
_wunlink() fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, try _wrmdir() as well.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Symlinks on Windows don't work the same way as on Unix systems. E.g. there
are different types of symlinks for directories and files, creating
symlinks requires administrative privileges etc.
By default, disable symlink support on Windows. I.e. users explicitly have
to enable it with 'git config [--system|--global] core.symlinks true'.
The test suite ignores system / global config files. Allow testing *with*
symlink support by checking if native symlinks are enabled in MSys2 (via
'MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict').
Reminder: This would need to be changed if / when we find a way to run the
test suite in a non-MSys-based shell (e.g. dash).
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
The retry pattern is duplicated in three places. It also seems to be too
hard to use: mingw_unlink() and mingw_rmdir() duplicate the code to retry,
and both of them do so incompletely. They also do not restore errno if the
user answers 'no'.
Introduce a retry_ask_yes_no() helper function that handles retry with
small delay, asking the user, and restoring errno.
mingw_unlink: include _wchmod in the retry loop (which may fail if the
file is locked exclusively).
mingw_rmdir: include special error handling in the retry loop.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Dynamic loading of DLL functions is duplicated in several places.
Add a set of macros to simplify the process.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Git typically doesn't trust the stat.st_size member of symlinks (e.g. see
strbuf_readlink()). However, some functions take shortcuts if st_size is 0
(e.g. diff_populate_filespec()).
In mingw_lstat() and fscache_lstat(), make sure to return an adequate size.
The extra overhead of opening and reading the reparse point to calculate
the exact size is not necessary, as git doesn't rely on the value anyway.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Move S_IFLNK detection to file_attr_to_st_mode() and reuse it in fscache.
Implement DT_LNK detection in dirent.c and the fscache readdir version.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
When obtaining lstat information for reparse points, we need to call
FindFirstFile() in addition to GetFileInformationEx() to obtain the type
of the reparse point (symlink, mount point etc.). However, currently there
is no error handling whatsoever if FindFirstFile() fails.
Call FindFirstFile() before modifying the stat *buf output parameter and
error out if the call fails.
Note: The FindFirstFile() return value includes all the data that we get
from GetFileAttributesEx(), so we could replace GetFileAttributesEx() with
FindFirstFile(). We don't do that because GetFileAttributesEx() is about
twice as fast for single files. I.e. we only pay the extra cost of calling
FindFirstFile() in the rare case that we encounter a reparse point.
Note: The indentation of the remaining reparse point code will be fixed in
the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
With the new mingw_stat() implementation, do_lstat() is only called from
mingw_lstat() (with follow == 0). Remove the extra function and the old
mingw_stat()-specific (follow == 1) logic.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
With respect to symlinks, the current stat() implementation is almost the
same as lstat(): except for the file type (st_mode & S_IFMT), it returns
information about the link rather than the target.
Implement stat by opening the file with as little permissions as possible
and calling GetFileInformationByHandle on it. This way, all link resoltion
is handled by the Windows file system layer.
If symlinks are disabled, use lstat() as before, but fail with ELOOP if a
symlink would have to be resolved.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
GetFileAttributes cannot handle paths with trailing dir separator. The
current [l]stat implementation calls GetFileAttributes twice if the path
has trailing slashes (first with the original path passed to [l]stat, and
and a second time with a path copy with trailing '/' removed).
With Unicode conversion, we get the length of the path for free and also
have a (wide char) buffer that can be modified.
Remove trailing directory separators before calling the Win32 API.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
strbuf_readlink() refuses to read link targets that exceed PATH_MAX (even
if a sufficient size was specified by the caller).
As some platforms support longer paths, remove this restriction (similar
to strbuf_getcwd()).
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
strbuf_readlink() calls readlink() twice if the hint argument specifies the
exact size of the link target (e.g. by passing stat.st_size as returned by
lstat()). This is necessary because 'readlink(..., hint) == hint' could
mean that the buffer was too small.
Use hint + 1 as buffer size to prevent this.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
POSIX semantics requires lstat() to fail with ENOTDIR when "[a]
component of the path prefix names an existing file that is neither a
directory nor a symbolic link to a directory".
See http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/lstat.html
This behavior is expected by t1404-update-ref-df-conflicts now.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Using different code pages for console input (SetConsoleCP()) and console
output (SetConsoleOutputCP()) doesn't make much sense and may be hazardous
for native Windows programs.
Git uses UTF-8 internally, so it actually needs 'SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8)'
rather than 'SetConsoleCP(GetACP())'. However, ReadFile() / ReadConsoleA()
are broken with CP_UTF8 (and thus any higher level APIs such as fgetc(),
getchar() etc.). Unicode-aware console input would have to be implemented
via mingw_* wrappers using ReadConsoleW(). As Git typically launches an
editor for anything more complex than ASCII-only, yes/no-style questions,
this is currently not a problem.
Drop 'SetConsoleCP()' from the git-wrapper, so that input and output code
pages stay in sync.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
When we fall back to starting the Git Bash in the regular Windows
console, we need to show said console's window... So let's introduce yet
another configuration knob for use via string resources.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
With a recent change in Cygwin (which is the basis of the msys2-runtime),
a GUI process desiring to launch an MSys2 executable needs to allocate a
console for the new process (otherwise the process will just hang on
Windows XP). _Git Bash_ is such a GUI process.
While at it, use correct handles when inheriting the stdin/stdout/stderr
handles: `GetStdHandle()` returns NULL for invalid handles, but the
STARTUPINFO must specify `INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE` instead.
Originally, the hope was that only this `NULL` => `INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE`
conversion would be required to fix the Windows XP issue mentioned above
(extensive debugging revealed that starting _Git Bash_ on Windows XP would
yield invalid handles for `stdin` and `stderr`, but *not* for `stdout`).
However, while _Git Bash_ eventually showed a `mintty` when not allocating
a new console, it took around one second to show it, and several seconds
to close it. So let's just include both fixes.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
