connect: factor out "looks like command line option" check

We reject hostnames that start with a dash because they may
be confused for command-line options. Let's factor out that
notion into a helper function, as we'll use it in more
places. And while it's simple now, it's not clear if some
systems might need more complex logic to handle all cases.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 1a2cec0b88..b9fc3a8e33 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -991,6 +991,14 @@ char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix);
 int daemon_avoid_alias(const char *path);
 extern int is_ntfs_dotgit(const char *name);
 
+/*
+ * Returns true iff "str" could be confused as a command-line option when
+ * passed to a sub-program like "ssh". Note that this has nothing to do with
+ * shell-quoting, which should be handled separately; we're assuming here that
+ * the string makes it verbatim to the sub-program.
+ */
+int looks_like_command_line_option(const char *str);
+
 /**
  * Return a newly allocated string with the evaluation of
  * "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/$filename" if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is non-empty, otherwise
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 0e8e05d83a..a0091acb1f 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 				return NULL;
 			}
 
-			if (ssh_host[0] == '-')
+			if (looks_like_command_line_option(ssh_host))
 				die("strange hostname '%s' blocked", ssh_host);
 
 			ssh = getenv("GIT_SSH_COMMAND");
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 8b7e168129..b214ac3fe6 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,11 @@ int is_ntfs_dotgit(const char *name)
 		}
 }
 
+int looks_like_command_line_option(const char *str)
+{
+	return str && str[0] == '-';
+}
+
 char *xdg_config_home(const char *filename)
 {
 	const char *home, *config_home;