From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, sbeller@google.com, peff@peff.net,
jacob.keller@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] real_path: make real_path thread-safe
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 08:54:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqwpfatl8a.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1767f01a-4125-d99b-37db-3f4a56aaa28a@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:32:46 +0100")
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> Am 07.12.2016 um 23:29 schrieb Brandon Williams:
>> Instead of assuming root is "/"
>> I'll need to extract what root is from an absolute path. Aside from
>> what root looks like, do most other path constructs behave similarly in
>> unix and windows? (like ".." and "." as examples)
>
> Yes, .. and . work the same way, except that they cannot appear in the
> \\server\share part. I also think that .. does not cancel these parts.
>
> As long as you use is_absolute_path() and do not simplify path
> components before offset_1st_component(), you should be on the safe
> side.
>
>> Since I don't really have a windows machine to test things it might be
>> slightly difficult to get everything correct quickly but hopefully we can
>> get this working :)
>
> I'll lend a hand, of course, as time permits.
Thanks, as always, for working well together ;-).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-08 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-05 18:58 [PATCH] making real_path thread-safe Brandon Williams
2016-12-05 18:58 ` [PATCH] real_path: make " Brandon Williams
2016-12-05 19:57 ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-05 20:12 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-05 20:38 ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-05 20:14 ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-05 20:16 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 9:41 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-12-08 17:50 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-06 23:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-07 0:10 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-07 1:12 ` Ramsay Jones
2016-12-07 20:14 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-12-07 20:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-07 22:13 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 7:55 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-12-08 18:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-08 19:02 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-07 20:43 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-07 22:29 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 11:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-08 16:54 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-12-08 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] road to reentrant real_path Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] real_path: resolve symlinks by hand Brandon Williams
2016-12-09 1:49 ` Jacob Keller
2016-12-09 14:33 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-09 20:04 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] real_path: convert real_path_internal to strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2016-12-08 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] real_path: create real_pathdup Brandon Williams
2016-12-09 14:35 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-08 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] real_path: have callers use real_pathdup and strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2016-12-09 12:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] road to reentrant real_path Duy Nguyen
2016-12-09 19:42 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-10 11:02 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-12-12 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 " Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] real_path: resolve symlinks by hand Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 22:50 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] real_path: convert real_path_internal to strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 22:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] real_path: create real_pathdup Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 22:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] real_path: have callers use real_pathdup and strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2016-12-12 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 23:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-12 23:58 ` Stefan Beller
2016-12-13 1:15 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-13 6:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-21 21:51 ` [PATCH bw/realpath-wo-chdir] real_path: canonicalize directory separators in root parts Johannes Sixt
2016-12-21 22:33 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-22 6:07 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-22 17:33 ` Brandon Williams
2016-12-22 18:54 ` Johannes Sixt
2016-12-22 19:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] road to reentrant real_path Brandon Williams
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] real_path: resolve symlinks by hand Brandon Williams
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] real_path: convert real_path_internal to strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] real_path: create real_pathdup Brandon Williams
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] real_path: have callers use real_pathdup and strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 1:07 ` Jacob Keller
2017-01-04 18:14 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-03 19:09 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] real_path: canonicalize directory separators in root parts Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 0:48 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] road to reentrant real_path Jeff King
2017-01-04 6:56 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2017-01-04 7:01 ` Jeff King
2017-01-04 18:13 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 18:22 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-04 21:46 ` Jacob Keller
2017-01-04 21:55 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 " Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] real_path: resolve symlinks by hand Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] real_path: convert real_path_internal to strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] real_path: create real_pathdup Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] real_path: have callers use real_pathdup and strbuf_realpath Brandon Williams
2017-01-04 22:01 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] real_path: canonicalize directory separators in root parts Brandon Williams
2017-01-08 3:09 ` [PATCH v5 0/5] road to reentrant real_path Junio C Hamano
2017-01-09 18:04 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-09 18:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-09 18:24 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-09 19:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-09 18:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] real_path: prevent redefinition of MAXSYMLINKS Brandon Williams
2017-01-09 18:50 ` [PATCH 2/2] real_path: set errno when max number of symlinks is exceeded Brandon Williams
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