parse_pathspec: make sure the prefix part is wildcard-free

Prepending prefix to pathspec is a trick to workaround the fact that
commands can be executed in a subdirectory, but all git commands run
at worktree's root. The prefix part should always be treated as
literal string. Make it so.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

cache.h

@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ extern void setup_work_tree(void);
 extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
 extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
 extern char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
+extern char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, int *remaining, const char *path);
 extern const char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
 extern int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
 extern void verify_filename(const char *prefix,
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ const char *real_path(const char *path);
 const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path);
 const char *absolute_path(const char *path);
 const char *relative_path(const char *abs, const char *base);
+int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len);
 int normalize_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src);
 int longest_ancestor_length(const char *path, struct string_list *prefixes);
 char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix);

path.c

@@ -492,8 +492,14 @@ const char *relative_path(const char *abs, const char *base)
  *
  * Note that this function is purely textual.  It does not follow symlinks,
  * verify the existence of the path, or make any system calls.
+ *
+ * prefix_len != NULL is for a specific case of prefix_pathspec():
+ * assume that src == dst and src[0..prefix_len-1] is already
+ * normalized, any time "../" eats up to the prefix_len part,
+ * prefix_len is reduced. In the end prefix_len is the remaining
+ * prefix that has not been overridden by user pathspec.
  */
-int normalize_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
+int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
 {
 	char *dst0;
 
@@ -568,11 +574,18 @@ int normalize_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
 		/* Windows: dst[-1] cannot be backslash anymore */
 		while (dst0 < dst && dst[-1] != '/')
 			dst--;
+		if (prefix_len && *prefix_len > dst - dst0)
+			*prefix_len = dst - dst0;
 	}
 	*dst = '\0';
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int normalize_path_copy(char *dst, const char *src)
+{
+	return normalize_path_copy_len(dst, src, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * path = Canonical absolute path
  * prefixes = string_list containing normalized, absolute paths without

pathspec.c

@@ -150,10 +150,14 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 	magic |= short_magic;
 	*p_short_magic = short_magic;
 
-	if (magic & PATHSPEC_FROMTOP)
+	if (magic & PATHSPEC_FROMTOP) {
 		match = xstrdup(copyfrom);
-	else
+		prefixlen = 0;
-		match = prefix_path(prefix, prefixlen, copyfrom);
+	} else {
+		match = prefix_path_gently(prefix, prefixlen, &prefixlen, copyfrom);
+		if (!match)
+			die(_("%s: '%s' is outside repository"), elt, copyfrom);
+	}
 	*raw = item->match = match;
 	/*
 	 * Prefix the pathspec (keep all magic) and assign to
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 	} else
 		item->original = elt;
 	item->len = strlen(item->match);
+	item->prefix = prefixlen;
 
 	if ((flags & PATHSPEC_STRIP_SUBMODULE_SLASH_CHEAP) &&
 	    (item->len >= 1 && item->match[item->len - 1] == '/') &&
@@ -198,13 +203,20 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 
 	if (limit_pathspec_to_literal())
 		item->nowildcard_len = item->len;
-	else
+	else {
 		item->nowildcard_len = simple_length(item->match);
+		if (item->nowildcard_len < prefixlen)
+			item->nowildcard_len = prefixlen;
+	}
 	item->flags = 0;
 	if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
 	    item->match[item->nowildcard_len] == '*' &&
 	    no_wildcard(item->match + item->nowildcard_len + 1))
 		item->flags |= PATHSPEC_ONESTAR;
+
+	/* sanity checks, pathspec matchers assume these are sane */
+	assert(item->nowildcard_len <= item->len &&
+	       item->prefix         <= item->len);
 	return magic;
 }
 
@@ -284,6 +296,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 		item->match = prefix;
 		item->original = prefix;
 		item->nowildcard_len = item->len = strlen(prefix);
+		item->prefix = item->len;
 		raw[0] = prefix;
 		raw[1] = NULL;
 		pathspec->nr = 1;

pathspec.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct pathspec {
 		const char *match;
 		const char *original;
 		unsigned magic;
-		int len;
+		int len, prefix;
 		int nowildcard_len;
 		int flags;
 	} *items;

setup.c

@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@
 static int inside_git_dir = -1;
 static int inside_work_tree = -1;
 
-static char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
+/*
+ * Normalize "path", prepending the "prefix" for relative paths. If
+ * remaining_prefix is not NULL, return the actual prefix still
+ * remains in the path. For example, prefix = sub1/sub2/ and path is
+ *
+ *  foo          -> sub1/sub2/foo  (full prefix)
+ *  ../foo       -> sub1/foo       (remaining prefix is sub1/)
+ *  ../../bar    -> bar            (no remaining prefix)
+ *  ../../sub1/sub2/foo -> sub1/sub2/foo (but no remaining prefix)
+ *  `pwd`/../bar -> sub1/bar       (no remaining prefix)
+ */
+char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len,
+			 int *remaining_prefix, const char *path)
 {
 	const char *orig = path;
 	char *sanitized;
@@ -13,13 +25,17 @@ static char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 		const char *temp = real_path(path);
 		sanitized = xmalloc(len + strlen(temp) + 1);
 		strcpy(sanitized, temp);
+		if (remaining_prefix)
+			*remaining_prefix = 0;
 	} else {
 		sanitized = xmalloc(len + strlen(path) + 1);
 		if (len)
 			memcpy(sanitized, prefix, len);
 		strcpy(sanitized + len, path);
+		if (remaining_prefix)
+			*remaining_prefix = len;
 	}
-	if (normalize_path_copy(sanitized, sanitized))
+	if (normalize_path_copy_len(sanitized, sanitized, remaining_prefix))
 		goto error_out;
 	if (is_absolute_path(orig)) {
 		size_t root_len, len, total;
@@ -44,7 +60,7 @@ static char *prefix_path_gently(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 
 char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 {
-	char *r = prefix_path_gently(prefix, len, path);
+	char *r = prefix_path_gently(prefix, len, NULL, path);
 	if (!r)
 		die("'%s' is outside repository", path);
 	return r;
@@ -53,7 +69,7 @@ char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
 int path_inside_repo(const char *prefix, const char *path)
 {
 	int len = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
-	char *r = prefix_path_gently(prefix, len, path);
+	char *r = prefix_path_gently(prefix, len, NULL, path);
 	if (r) {
 		free(r);
 		return 1;