Merge commit 'v1.7.5' into svn-fe

* commit 'v1.7.5': (436 commits)
  Git 1.7.5
  Git 1.7.5-rc3
  Git 1.7.4.5
  git-svn.txt: Document --mergeinfo
  Revert "run-command: prettify -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE workaround"
  ...

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index 91ca00f05..3005aedde 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ int is_directory(const char *path)
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
 
-const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get the real path, i.e. resolve links. If you want an
+ * absolute path but don't mind links, use absolute_path.
+ *
+ * If path is our buffer, then return path, as it's already what the
+ * user wants.
+ */
+const char *real_path(const char *path)
 {
 	static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];
 	char cwd[1024] = "";
@@ -24,6 +31,10 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 	char *last_elem = NULL;
 	struct stat st;
 
+	/* We've already done it */
+	if (path == buf || path == next_buf)
+		return path;
+
 	if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
 		die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 
@@ -100,7 +111,14 @@ static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
 	return cwd;
 }
 
-const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
+/*
+ * Use this to get an absolute path from a relative one. If you want
+ * to resolve links, you should use real_path.
+ *
+ * If the path is already absolute, then return path. As the user is
+ * never meant to free the return value, we're safe.
+ */
+const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
 	static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];