Re: t1503 broken ?

["Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>]

On 03/25/2017 02:05 PM, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 07:26:14PM +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> wrote:
>>>> ./t1305-config-include.sh
>>>> seems to be broken:
>>>> not ok 19 - conditional include, $HOME expansion
>>>> not ok 21 - conditional include, relative path
>>> let me guess, your "git" directory is in a symlink path?
>> Yes I could reproduce it when I put my "git" in a symlink. There's a
>> note in document about "Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before
>> matching" but failing tests is not acceptable. I'll fix it.
> The fix may be something like this. The problem is $GIT_DIR has symlinks
> resolved, but we don't do the same for other paths in this code. As a
> result, matching paths fails.
>
> I'm a bit concerned about the change in expand_user_path() because I'm
> not quite sure if it's a completely safe change. But at least could
> you try the patch and see if it passe the tests on your machine too?
>
> -- 8< --
> diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
> index 1a4d855..fc4eae9 100644
> --- a/config.c
> +++ b/config.c
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int prepare_include_condition_pattern(struct strbuf *pat)
>   			return error(_("relative config include "
>   				       "conditionals must come from files"));
>   
> -		strbuf_add_absolute_path(&path, cf->path);
> +		strbuf_realpath(&path, cf->path, 1);
>   		slash = find_last_dir_sep(path.buf);
>   		if (!slash)
>   			die("BUG: how is this possible?");
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int include_by_gitdir(const char *cond, size_t cond_len, int icase)
>   	struct strbuf pattern = STRBUF_INIT;
>   	int ret = 0, prefix;
>   
> -	strbuf_add_absolute_path(&text, get_git_dir());
> +	strbuf_realpath(&text, get_git_dir(), 1);
>   	strbuf_add(&pattern, cond, cond_len);
>   	prefix = prepare_include_condition_pattern(&pattern);
>   
> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
> index 2224843..18eaac3 100644
> --- a/path.c
> +++ b/path.c
> @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ char *expand_user_path(const char *path)
>   			const char *home = getenv("HOME");
>   			if (!home)
>   				goto return_null;
> -			strbuf_addstr(&user_path, home);
> +			strbuf_addstr(&user_path, real_path(home));
>   #ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
>   			convert_slashes(user_path.buf);
>   #endif
> -- 8< --

Thanks for the fast reply.
Yes, my path is a softlink - into a directory under NoBackup/ - to make 
the backup shorter.
And I had forgotten about this :-(
And yes, your patch fixes it- tested under Linux.