Sync with 2.16.6

* maint-2.16: (31 commits)
  Git 2.16.6
  test-drop-caches: use `has_dos_drive_prefix()`
  Git 2.15.4
  Git 2.14.6
  mingw: handle `subst`-ed "DOS drives"
  mingw: refuse to access paths with trailing spaces or periods
  mingw: refuse to access paths with illegal characters
  unpack-trees: let merged_entry() pass through do_add_entry()'s errors
  quote-stress-test: offer to test quoting arguments for MSYS2 sh
  t6130/t9350: prepare for stringent Win32 path validation
  quote-stress-test: allow skipping some trials
  quote-stress-test: accept arguments to test via the command-line
  tests: add a helper to stress test argument quoting
  mingw: fix quoting of arguments
  Disallow dubiously-nested submodule git directories
  protect_ntfs: turn on NTFS protection by default
  path: also guard `.gitmodules` against NTFS Alternate Data Streams
  is_ntfs_dotgit(): speed it up
  mingw: disallow backslash characters in tree objects' file names
  path: safeguard `.git` against NTFS Alternate Streams Accesses
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 4b35e87847..d614a3e8f3 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -868,6 +868,9 @@ int verify_path(const char *path, unsigned mode)
 	if (has_dos_drive_prefix(path))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!is_valid_path(path))
+		return 0;
+
 	goto inside;
 	for (;;) {
 		if (!c)
@@ -895,7 +898,15 @@ inside:
 			if ((c == '.' && !verify_dotfile(path, mode)) ||
 			    is_dir_sep(c) || c == '\0')
 				return 0;
+		} else if (c == '\\' && protect_ntfs) {
+			if (is_ntfs_dotgit(path))
+				return 0;
+			if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+				if (is_ntfs_dotgitmodules(path))
+					return 0;
+			}
 		}
+
 		c = *path++;
 	}
 }