Sync with Git 2.14.4

* maint-2.14:
  Git 2.14.4
  Git 2.13.7
  verify_path: disallow symlinks in .gitmodules
  update-index: stat updated files earlier
  verify_dotfile: mention case-insensitivity in comment
  verify_path: drop clever fallthrough
  skip_prefix: add case-insensitive variant
  is_{hfs,ntfs}_dotgitmodules: add tests
  is_ntfs_dotgit: match other .git files
  is_hfs_dotgit: match other .git files
  is_ntfs_dotgit: use a size_t for traversing string
  submodule-config: verify submodule names as paths

builtin/submodule--helper.c

@@ -1242,6 +1242,29 @@ static int is_active(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return !is_submodule_active(the_repository, argv[1]);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Exit non-zero if any of the submodule names given on the command line is
+ * invalid. If no names are given, filter stdin to print only valid names
+ * (which is primarily intended for testing).
+ */
+static int check_name(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		while (*++argv) {
+			if (check_submodule_name(*argv) < 0)
+				return 1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin) != EOF) {
+			if (!check_submodule_name(buf.buf))
+				printf("%s\n", buf.buf);
+		}
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX (1<<0)
 
 struct cmd_struct {
@@ -1263,6 +1286,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{"push-check", push_check, 0},
 	{"absorb-git-dirs", absorb_git_dirs, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
 	{"is-active", is_active, 0},
+	{"check-name", check_name, 0},
 };
 
 int cmd_submodule__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)

builtin/update-index.c

@@ -361,10 +361,9 @@ static int process_directory(const char *path, int len, struct stat *st)
 	return error("%s: is a directory - add files inside instead", path);
 }
 
-static int process_path(const char *path)
+static int process_path(const char *path, struct stat *st, int stat_errno)
 {
 	int pos, len;
-	struct stat st;
 	const struct cache_entry *ce;
 
 	len = strlen(path);
@@ -388,13 +387,13 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
 	 * First things first: get the stat information, to decide
 	 * what to do about the pathname!
 	 */
-	if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
-		return process_lstat_error(path, errno);
+	if (stat_errno)
+		return process_lstat_error(path, stat_errno);
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-		return process_directory(path, len, &st);
+	if (S_ISDIR(st->st_mode))
+		return process_directory(path, len, st);
 
-	return add_one_path(ce, path, len, &st);
+	return add_one_path(ce, path, len, st);
 }
 
 static int add_cacheinfo(unsigned int mode, const struct object_id *oid,
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ static int add_cacheinfo(unsigned int mode, const struct object_id *oid,
 	int size, len, option;
 	struct cache_entry *ce;
 
-	if (!verify_path(path))
+	if (!verify_path(path, mode))
 		return error("Invalid path '%s'", path);
 
 	len = strlen(path);
@@ -446,7 +445,17 @@ static void chmod_path(char flip, const char *path)
 
 static void update_one(const char *path)
 {
-	if (!verify_path(path)) {
+	int stat_errno = 0;
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (mark_valid_only || mark_skip_worktree_only || force_remove)
+		st.st_mode = 0;
+	else if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) {
+		st.st_mode = 0;
+		stat_errno = errno;
+	} /* else stat is valid */
+
+	if (!verify_path(path, st.st_mode)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring path %s\n", path);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -467,7 +476,7 @@ static void update_one(const char *path)
 		report("remove '%s'", path);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (process_path(path))
+	if (process_path(path, &st, stat_errno))
 		die("Unable to process path %s", path);
 	report("add '%s'", path);
 }
@@ -537,7 +546,7 @@ static void read_index_info(int nul_term_line)
 			path_name = uq.buf;
 		}
 
-		if (!verify_path(path_name)) {
+		if (!verify_path(path_name, mode)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring path %s\n", path_name);
 			continue;
 		}