Merge branch 'np/maint-safer-pack'

[git.git] / builtin-update-index.c

diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 9e0d7ab11ee01c6a1def223820038a94113f348c..434cb8e4a00565c53587d89dd259ae63bc133de7 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
        int len;
        struct stat st;
 
+       len = strlen(path);
+       if (has_symlink_leading_path(len, path))
+               return error("'%s' is beyond a symbolic link", path);
+
        /*
         * First things first: get the stat information, to decide
         * what to do about the pathname!
@@ -201,7 +205,6 @@ static int process_path(const char *path)
        if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
                return process_lstat_error(path, errno);
 
-       len = strlen(path);
        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                return process_directory(path, len, &st);
 
@@ -387,7 +390,7 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 }
 
 static const char update_index_usage[] =
-"git-update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--stdin] [--index-info] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [-z] [--verbose] [--] <file>...";
+"git update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--stdin] [--index-info] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [-z] [--verbose] [--] <file>...";
 
 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 static unsigned char merge_head_sha1[20];