use result of open(2) to check for presence

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

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Not that the stat against open race would matter much in this context,
but that simplifies
the code a bit. Also some diagnostics added (why the open failed)

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>

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Subject: [PATCH] use result of open(2) to check for presence

of the old config file

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>


---

 config.c |   17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

b74ea5a71504808112bd4781a69b17f6009104db
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 992e988..8355224 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -409,8 +409,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char* 
 	const char* value_regex, int multi_replace)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct stat st;
-	int fd;
+	int fd, in_fd;
 	char* config_filename = strdup(git_path("config"));
 	char* lock_file = strdup(git_path("config.lock"));
 	const char* last_dot = strrchr(key, '.');
@@ -457,9 +456,17 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char* 
 	/*
 	 * If .git/config does not exist yet, write a minimal version.
 	 */
-	if (stat(config_filename, &st)) {
+	in_fd = open(config_filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if ( in_fd < 0 ) {
 		free(store.key);
 
+		if ( ENOENT != errno ) {
+			error("opening %s: %s", config_filename,
+			      strerror(errno));
+			close(fd);
+			unlink(lock_file);
+			return 3; /* same as "invalid config file" */
+		}
 		/* if nothing to unset, error out */
 		if (value == NULL) {
 			close(fd);
@@ -471,7 +478,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char* 
 		store_write_section(fd, key);
 		store_write_pair(fd, key, value);
 	} else{
-		int in_fd;
+		struct stat st;
 		char* contents;
 		int i, copy_begin, copy_end, new_line = 0;
 
@@ -528,7 +535,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char* 
 			return 5;
 		}
 
-		in_fd = open(config_filename, O_RDONLY, 0666);
+		fstat(in_fd, &st);
 		contents = mmap(NULL, st.st_size, PROT_READ,
 			MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0);
 		close(in_fd);
-- 
1.0.GIT