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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index f67250b..3a07aa4 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path)
if (normalize_path_copy(sanitized, sanitized))
goto error_out;
if (is_absolute_path(orig)) {
+ size_t len, total;
const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
- size_t len = strlen(work_tree);
- size_t total = strlen(sanitized) + 1;
+ if (!work_tree)
+ goto error_out;
+ len = strlen(work_tree);
+ total = strlen(sanitized) + 1;
if (strncmp(sanitized, work_tree, len) ||
(sanitized[len] != '\0' && sanitized[len] != '/')) {
error_out:
@@ -74,6 +77,18 @@ int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
}
+static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ unsigned mode;
+ /* try a detailed diagnostic ... */
+ get_sha1_with_mode_1(arg, sha1, &mode, 0, prefix);
+ /* ... or fall back the most general message. */
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+
+}
+
/*
* Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
* entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
@@ -87,8 +102,7 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg);
if (check_filename(prefix, arg))
return;
- die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
- "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+ die_verify_filename(prefix, arg);
}
/*