Function validate_submodule_path

submodule.c:2455–2480

}

int validate_submodule_path(const char *path)
{
	char *p = xstrdup(path);
	struct stat st;
	int i, ret = 0;
	char sep;

	for (i = 0; !ret && p[i]; i++) {
		if (!is_dir_sep(p[i]))
			continue;

		sep = p[i];
		p[i] = '\0';
		/* allow missing components, but no symlinks */
		ret = lstat(p, &st) || !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ? 0 : -1;
		p[i] = sep;
		if (ret)
			error(_("expected '%.*s' in submodule path '%s' not to "
				"be a symbolic link"), i, p, p);
	}
	if (!lstat(p, &st) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
		ret = error(_("expected submodule path '%s' not to be a "
			      "symbolic link"), p);
	free(p);
	return ret;
}


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