Merge branch 'bk/fix-relative-gitdir-file'

* bk/fix-relative-gitdir-file:
  Handle relative paths in submodule .git files
  Test update-index for a gitlink to a .git file

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 3a07aa4df7..710e2f3008 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ static int check_repository_format_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path)
 {
 	char *buf;
+	char *dir;
+	const char *slash;
 	struct stat st;
 	int fd;
 	size_t len;
@@ -287,9 +289,23 @@ const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path)
 	if (len < 9)
 		die("No path in gitfile: %s", path);
 	buf[len] = '\0';
-	if (!is_git_directory(buf + 8))
-		die("Not a git repository: %s", buf + 8);
-	path = make_absolute_path(buf + 8);
+	dir = buf + 8;
+
+	if (!is_absolute_path(dir) && (slash = strrchr(path, '/'))) {
+		size_t pathlen = slash+1 - path;
+		size_t dirlen = pathlen + len - 8;
+		dir = xmalloc(dirlen + 1);
+		strncpy(dir, path, pathlen);
+		strncpy(dir + pathlen, buf + 8, len - 8);
+		dir[dirlen] = '\0';
+		free(buf);
+		buf = dir;
+	}
+
+	if (!is_git_directory(dir))
+		die("Not a git repository: %s", dir);
+	path = make_absolute_path(dir);
+
 	free(buf);
 	return path;
 }