Sync with 2.3.9

Author: gitster

Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.3.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.2.3 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.2.2
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+   pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+   allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.

Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.9.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.3.9 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.3.8
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+   pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+   allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.

Documentation/git.txt

@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
   link:RelNotes/2.4.1.txt[2.4.1],
   link:RelNotes/2.4.0.txt[2.4].
 
-* link:v2.3.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.3.8]
+* link:v2.3.9/git.html[documentation for release 2.3.9]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.3.9.txt[2.3.9],
   link:RelNotes/2.3.8.txt[2.3.8],
   link:RelNotes/2.3.7.txt[2.3.7],
   link:RelNotes/2.3.6.txt[2.3.6],
@@ -69,9 +70,10 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
   link:RelNotes/2.3.1.txt[2.3.1],
   link:RelNotes/2.3.0.txt[2.3].
 
-* link:v2.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.2]
+* link:v2.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.2.3.txt[2.2.3],
   link:RelNotes/2.2.2.txt[2.2.2],
   link:RelNotes/2.2.1.txt[2.2.1],
   link:RelNotes/2.2.0.txt[2.2].

builtin/show-branch.c

@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (reflog) {
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
-		char nth_desc[256];
 		char *ref;
 		int base = 0;
 		unsigned int flags = 0;
@@ -762,6 +761,7 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < reflog; i++) {
 			char *logmsg;
+			char *nth_desc;
 			const char *msg;
 			unsigned long timestamp;
 			int tz;
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 						show_date(timestamp, tz, 1),
 						msg);
 			free(logmsg);
-			sprintf(nth_desc, "%s@{%d}", *av, base+i);
+
+			nth_desc = xstrfmt("%s@{%d}", *av, base+i);
 			append_ref(nth_desc, sha1, 1);
+			free(nth_desc);
 		}
 		free(ref);
 	}

notes.c

@@ -362,13 +362,14 @@ static int non_note_cmp(const struct non_note *a, const struct non_note *b)
 	return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
 }
 
-static void add_non_note(struct notes_tree *t, const char *path,
+/* note: takes ownership of path string */
+static void add_non_note(struct notes_tree *t, char *path,
 		unsigned int mode, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct non_note *p = t->prev_non_note, *n;
 	n = (struct non_note *) xmalloc(sizeof(struct non_note));
 	n->next = NULL;
-	n->path = xstrdup(path);
+	n->path = path;
 	n->mode = mode;
 	hashcpy(n->sha1, sha1);
 	t->prev_non_note = n;
@@ -482,17 +483,17 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 		 * component.
 		 */
 		{
-			char non_note_path[PATH_MAX];
-			char *p = non_note_path;
+			struct strbuf non_note_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 			const char *q = sha1_to_hex(subtree->key_sha1);
 			int i;
 			for (i = 0; i < prefix_len; i++) {
-				*p++ = *q++;
-				*p++ = *q++;
-				*p++ = '/';
+				strbuf_addch(&non_note_path, *q++);
+				strbuf_addch(&non_note_path, *q++);
+				strbuf_addch(&non_note_path, '/');
 			}
-			strcpy(p, entry.path);
-			add_non_note(t, non_note_path, entry.mode, entry.sha1);
+			strbuf_addstr(&non_note_path, entry.path);
+			add_non_note(t, strbuf_detach(&non_note_path, NULL),
+				     entry.mode, entry.sha1);
 		}
 	}
 	free(buf);

sha1_file.c

@@ -377,15 +377,12 @@ void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
 	char *map;
 	size_t mapsz;
 	struct stat st;
-	const char alt_file_name[] = "info/alternates";
-	/* Given that relative_base is no longer than PATH_MAX,
-	   ensure that "path" has enough space to append "/", the
-	   file name, "info/alternates", and a trailing NUL.  */
-	char path[PATH_MAX + 1 + sizeof alt_file_name];
+	char *path;
 	int fd;
 
-	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", relative_base, alt_file_name);
+	path = xstrfmt("%s/info/alternates", relative_base);
 	fd = git_open_noatime(path);
+	free(path);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return;
 	if (fstat(fd, &st) || (st.st_size == 0)) {

unpack-trees.c

@@ -1434,15 +1434,18 @@ static int verify_absent_1(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 	if (!len)
 		return 0;
 	else if (len > 0) {
-		char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
-		memcpy(path, ce->name, len);
-		path[len] = 0;
+		char *path;
+		int ret;
+
+		path = xmemdupz(ce->name, len);
 		if (lstat(path, &st))
-			return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", path,
+			ret = error("cannot stat '%s': %s", path,
 					strerror(errno));
-
-		return check_ok_to_remove(path, len, DT_UNKNOWN, NULL, &st,
-				error_type, o);
+		else
+			ret = check_ok_to_remove(path, len, DT_UNKNOWN, NULL,
+						 &st, error_type, o);
+		free(path);
+		return ret;
 	} else if (lstat(ce->name, &st)) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT)
 			return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", ce->name,