[PATCH 2/8] Introduce new function real_path_if_valid()

[Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>]

The function is like real_path(), except that it returns NULL on error
instead of dying.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 abspath.c | 5 +++++
 cache.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index a7ab8e9..5748b91 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ const char *real_path(const char *path)
 	return real_path_internal(path, 1);
 }
 
+const char *real_path_if_valid(const char *path)
+{
+	return real_path_internal(path, 0);
+}
+
 static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
 {
 	static char cwd[PATH_MAX + 1];
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index a58df84..b0d75bc 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
 }
 int is_directory(const char *);
 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(char *dst, const char *src);
-- 
1.7.11.3