From 955377e87f0245c71822f9472c67ca717ccec9e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bert Belder Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:13:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Win32: symlink: move phantom symlink creation to a separate function Signed-off-by: Bert Belder --- compat/mingw.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c index 83e4a272c8..e15dcb2128 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.c +++ b/compat/mingw.c @@ -425,6 +425,54 @@ static void process_phantom_symlinks(void) LeaveCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs); } +static int create_phantom_symlink(wchar_t *wtarget, wchar_t *wlink) +{ + int len; + + /* create file symlink */ + if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, symlink_file_flags)) { + errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); + return -1; + } + + /* convert to directory symlink if target exists */ + switch (process_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink)) { + case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY: { + /* if target doesn't exist, add to phantom symlinks list */ + wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_LONG_PATH]; + struct phantom_symlink_info *psi; + + /* convert to absolute path to be independent of cwd */ + len = GetFullPathNameW(wlink, MAX_LONG_PATH, wfullpath, NULL); + if (!len || len >= MAX_LONG_PATH) { + errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); + return -1; + } + + /* over-allocate and fill phantom_symlink_info structure */ + psi = xmalloc(sizeof(struct phantom_symlink_info) + + sizeof(wchar_t) * (len + wcslen(wtarget) + 2)); + psi->wlink = (wchar_t *)(psi + 1); + wcscpy(psi->wlink, wfullpath); + psi->wtarget = psi->wlink + len + 1; + wcscpy(psi->wtarget, wtarget); + + EnterCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs); + psi->next = phantom_symlinks; + phantom_symlinks = psi; + LeaveCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs); + break; + } + case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY: + /* if we created a dir symlink, process other phantom symlinks */ + process_phantom_symlinks(); + break; + default: + break; + } + return 0; +} + /* Normalizes NT paths as returned by some low-level APIs. */ static wchar_t *normalize_ntpath(wchar_t *wbuf) { @@ -2781,48 +2829,7 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *link) if (wtarget[len] == '/') wtarget[len] = '\\'; - /* create file symlink */ - if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, symlink_file_flags)) { - errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); - return -1; - } - - /* convert to directory symlink if target exists */ - switch (process_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink)) { - case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_RETRY: { - /* if target doesn't exist, add to phantom symlinks list */ - wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_LONG_PATH]; - struct phantom_symlink_info *psi; - - /* convert to absolute path to be independent of cwd */ - len = GetFullPathNameW(wlink, MAX_LONG_PATH, wfullpath, NULL); - if (!len || len >= MAX_LONG_PATH) { - errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); - return -1; - } - - /* over-allocate and fill phantom_symlink_info structure */ - psi = xmalloc(sizeof(struct phantom_symlink_info) - + sizeof(wchar_t) * (len + wcslen(wtarget) + 2)); - psi->wlink = (wchar_t *)(psi + 1); - wcscpy(psi->wlink, wfullpath); - psi->wtarget = psi->wlink + len + 1; - wcscpy(psi->wtarget, wtarget); - - EnterCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs); - psi->next = phantom_symlinks; - phantom_symlinks = psi; - LeaveCriticalSection(&phantom_symlinks_cs); - break; - } - case PHANTOM_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY: - /* if we created a dir symlink, process other phantom symlinks */ - process_phantom_symlinks(); - break; - default: - break; - } - return 0; + return create_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink); } #ifndef _WINNT_H From 197cd12cbe4eb0fece67cb50b89affd53d1b5a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:19:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Introduce helper to create symlinks that knows about index_state On Windows, symbolic links actually have a type depending on the target: it can be a file or a directory. In certain circumstances, this poses problems, e.g. when a symbolic link is supposed to point into a submodule that is not checked out, so there is no way for Git to auto-detect the type. To help with that, we will add support over the course of the next commits to specify that symlink type via the Git attributes. This requires an index_state, though, something that Git for Windows' `symlink()` replacement cannot know about because the function signature is defined by the POSIX standard and not ours to change. So let's introduce a helper function to create symbolic links that *does* know about the index_state. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- apply.c | 2 +- builtin/difftool.c | 2 +- builtin/init-db.c | 4 ++-- compat/mingw.c | 2 +- compat/mingw.h | 4 +++- entry.c | 2 +- git-compat-util.h | 9 +++++++++ merge-recursive.c | 2 +- refs/files-backend.c | 2 +- 9 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index 668b16e989..93c687ae60 100644 --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -4358,7 +4358,7 @@ static int try_create_file(struct apply_state *state, const char *path, /* Although buf:size is counted string, it also is NUL * terminated. */ - return !!symlink(buf, path); + return !!create_symlink(state && state->repo ? state->repo->index : NULL, buf, path); fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, (mode & 0100) ? 0777 : 0666); if (fd < 0) diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c index 6e18e623fd..ed67f7ea52 100644 --- a/builtin/difftool.c +++ b/builtin/difftool.c @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix, } add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, dst_path); if (symlinks) { - if (symlink(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf)) { + if (create_symlink(lstate.istate, wtdir.buf, rdir.buf)) { ret = error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf); goto finish; } diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c index dcc45bef51..5fa03768bc 100644 --- a/builtin/init-db.c +++ b/builtin/init-db.c @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void copy_templates_1(struct strbuf *path, struct strbuf *template_path, if (strbuf_readlink(&lnk, template_path->buf, st_template.st_size) < 0) die_errno(_("cannot readlink '%s'"), template_path->buf); - if (symlink(lnk.buf, path->buf)) + if (create_symlink(NULL, lnk.buf, path->buf)) die_errno(_("cannot symlink '%s' '%s'"), lnk.buf, path->buf); strbuf_release(&lnk); @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path, path = git_path_buf(&buf, "tXXXXXX"); if (!close(xmkstemp(path)) && !unlink(path) && - !symlink("testing", path) && + !create_symlink(NULL, "testing", path) && !lstat(path, &st1) && S_ISLNK(st1.st_mode)) unlink(path); /* good */ diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c index e15dcb2128..0acca581ac 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.c +++ b/compat/mingw.c @@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath) return 0; } -int symlink(const char *target, const char *link) +int mingw_create_symlink(struct index_state *index, const char *target, const char *link) { wchar_t wtarget[MAX_LONG_PATH], wlink[MAX_LONG_PATH]; int len; diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h index d63ecd9242..396e3e9646 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.h +++ b/compat/mingw.h @@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ int setitimer(int type, struct itimerval *in, struct itimerval *out); int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out); int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath); int uname(struct utsname *buf); -int symlink(const char *target, const char *link); int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz); +struct index_state; +int mingw_create_symlink(struct index_state *index, const char *target, const char *link); +#define create_symlink mingw_create_symlink /* * replacements of existing functions diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c index de35714af0..f04cb5cff6 100644 --- a/entry.c +++ b/entry.c @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, if (!has_symlinks || to_tempfile) goto write_file_entry; - ret = symlink(new_blob, path); + ret = create_symlink(state->istate, new_blob, path); free(new_blob); if (ret) return error_errno("unable to create symlink %s", path); diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h index 91dfcfbfac..cee097a0fa 100644 --- a/git-compat-util.h +++ b/git-compat-util.h @@ -407,6 +407,15 @@ static inline int git_has_dir_sep(const char *path) #define is_mount_point is_mount_point_via_stat #endif +#ifndef create_symlink +struct index_state; +static inline int git_create_symlink(struct index_state *index, const char *target, const char *link) +{ + return symlink(target, link); +} +#define create_symlink git_create_symlink +#endif + #ifndef query_user_email #define query_user_email() NULL #endif diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c index f736a0f632..61929199e7 100644 --- a/merge-recursive.c +++ b/merge-recursive.c @@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static int update_file_flags(struct merge_options *opt, char *lnk = xmemdupz(buf, size); safe_create_leading_directories_const(path); unlink(path); - if (symlink(lnk, path)) + if (create_symlink(&opt->priv->orig_index, lnk, path)) ret = err(opt, _("failed to symlink '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno)); free(lnk); diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 04e85e7002..95acdf21ce 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ static int create_ref_symlink(struct ref_lock *lock, const char *target) #ifndef NO_SYMLINK_HEAD char *ref_path = get_locked_file_path(&lock->lk); unlink(ref_path); - ret = symlink(target, ref_path); + ret = create_symlink(NULL, target, ref_path); free(ref_path); if (ret) From d967049fff20f9a61fb2444bf9ae9ae6f17c41af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bert Belder Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:51:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] mingw: allow to specify the symlink type in .gitattributes On Windows, symbolic links have a type: a "file symlink" must point at a file, and a "directory symlink" must point at a directory. If the type of symlink does not match its target, it doesn't work. Git does not record the type of symlink in the index or in a tree. On checkout it'll guess the type, which only works if the target exists at the time the symlink is created. This may often not be the case, for example when the link points at a directory inside a submodule. By specifying `symlink=file` or `symlink=dir` the user can specify what type of symlink Git should create, so Git doesn't have to rely on unreliable heuristics. Signed-off-by: Bert Belder Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++ compat/mingw.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index e84e104f93..232303d87c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -383,6 +383,36 @@ sign `$` upon checkout. Any byte sequence that begins with with `$Id$` upon check-in. +`symlink` +^^^^^^^^^ + +On Windows, symbolic links have a type: a "file symlink" must point at +a file, and a "directory symlink" must point at a directory. If the +type of symlink does not match its target, it doesn't work. + +Git does not record the type of symlink in the index or in a tree. On +checkout it'll guess the type, which only works if the target exists +at the time the symlink is created. This may often not be the case, +for example when the link points at a directory inside a submodule. + +The `symlink` attribute allows you to explicitly set the type of symlink +to `file` or `dir`, so Git doesn't have to guess. If you have a set of +symlinks that point at other files, you can do: + +------------------------ +*.gif symlink=file +------------------------ + +To tell Git that a symlink points at a directory, use: + +------------------------ +tools_folder symlink=dir +------------------------ + +The `symlink` attribute is ignored on platforms other than Windows, +since they don't distinguish between different types of symlinks. + + `filter` ^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c index 0acca581ac..3cbcf93503 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.c +++ b/compat/mingw.c @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #include "../config.h" #include "dir.h" #include "win32/fscache.h" +#include "../attr.h" #define HCAST(type, handle) ((type)(intptr_t)handle) @@ -2809,6 +2810,37 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath) return 0; } +enum symlink_type { + SYMLINK_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED = 0, + SYMLINK_TYPE_FILE, + SYMLINK_TYPE_DIRECTORY, +}; + +static enum symlink_type check_symlink_attr(struct index_state *index, const char *link) +{ + static struct attr_check *check; + const char *value; + + if (!index) + return SYMLINK_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED; + + if (!check) + check = attr_check_initl("symlink", NULL); + + git_check_attr(index, link, check); + + value = check->items[0].value; + if (ATTR_UNSET(value)) + return SYMLINK_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED; + if (!strcmp(value, "file")) + return SYMLINK_TYPE_FILE; + if (!strcmp(value, "dir") || !strcmp(value, "directory")) + return SYMLINK_TYPE_DIRECTORY; + + warning(_("ignoring invalid symlink type '%s' for '%s'"), value, link); + return SYMLINK_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED; +} + int mingw_create_symlink(struct index_state *index, const char *target, const char *link) { wchar_t wtarget[MAX_LONG_PATH], wlink[MAX_LONG_PATH]; @@ -2829,7 +2861,31 @@ int mingw_create_symlink(struct index_state *index, const char *target, const ch if (wtarget[len] == '/') wtarget[len] = '\\'; - return create_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink); + switch (check_symlink_attr(index, link)) { + case SYMLINK_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED: + /* Create a phantom symlink: it is initially created as a file + * symlink, but may change to a directory symlink later if/when + * the target exists. */ + return create_phantom_symlink(wtarget, wlink); + case SYMLINK_TYPE_FILE: + if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, symlink_file_flags)) + break; + return 0; + case SYMLINK_TYPE_DIRECTORY: + if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, + symlink_directory_flags)) + break; + /* There may be dangling phantom symlinks that point at this + * one, which should now morph into directory symlinks. */ + process_phantom_symlinks(); + return 0; + default: + BUG("unhandled symlink type"); + } + + /* CreateSymbolicLinkW failed. */ + errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); + return -1; } #ifndef _WINNT_H From 29b207a046c7cb6949e9bd394c65b166136c8c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bert Belder Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:42:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Win32: symlink: add test for `symlink` attribute To verify that the symlink is resolved correctly, we use the fact that `git.exe` is a native Win32 program, and that `git.exe config -f ` therefore uses the native symlink resolution. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- t/t2040-checkout-symlink-attr.sh | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100755 t/t2040-checkout-symlink-attr.sh diff --git a/t/t2040-checkout-symlink-attr.sh b/t/t2040-checkout-symlink-attr.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..e00c31d096 --- /dev/null +++ b/t/t2040-checkout-symlink-attr.sh @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +test_description='checkout symlinks with `symlink` attribute on Windows + +Ensures that Git for Windows creates symlinks of the right type, +as specified by the `symlink` attribute in `.gitattributes`.' + +# Tell MSYS to create native symlinks. Without this flag test-lib's +# prerequisite detection for SYMLINKS doesn't detect the right thing. +MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict && export MSYS + +. ./test-lib.sh + +if ! test_have_prereq MINGW,SYMLINKS +then + skip_all='skipping $0: MinGW-only test, which requires symlink support.' + test_done +fi + +# Adds a symlink to the index without clobbering the work tree. +cache_symlink () { + sha=$(printf '%s' "$1" | git hash-object --stdin -w) && + git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000,$sha,"$2" +} + +test_expect_success 'checkout symlinks with attr' ' + cache_symlink file1 file-link && + cache_symlink dir dir-link && + + printf "file-link symlink=file\ndir-link symlink=dir\n" >.gitattributes && + git add .gitattributes && + + git checkout . && + + mkdir dir && + echo "[a]b=c" >file1 && + echo "[x]y=z" >dir/file2 && + + # MSYS2 is very forgiving, it will resolve symlinks even if the + # symlink type is incorrect. To make this test meaningful, try + # them with a native, non-MSYS executable, such as `git config`. + test "$(git config -f file-link a.b)" = "c" && + test "$(git config -f dir-link/file2 x.y)" = "z" +' + +test_done