rev-parse: add option --resolve-git-dir <path>

Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a valid git-file that points
to a valid git-dir.

We want tests to be independent from the fact that a git-dir may
be a git-file. Thus we changed tests to use this feature.

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Mentored-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Mentored-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

7 files changed, 78 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 42c9676eaa..8023dc086d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 <args>...::
 	Flags and parameters to be parsed.
 
+--resolve-git-dir <path>::
+	Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid
+	git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will
+	be printed.
 
 include::revisions.txt[]
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 4c19f844a9..98d1cbecca 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -468,6 +468,14 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (argc > 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--resolve-git-dir")) {
+		const char *gitdir = resolve_gitdir(argv[2]);
+		if (!gitdir)
+			die("not a gitdir '%s'", argv[2]);
+		puts(gitdir);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp("-h", argv[1]))
 		usage(builtin_rev_parse_usage);
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f49eaf9263..55ae6976b6 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ extern char *get_graft_file(void);
 extern int set_git_dir(const char *path);
 extern const char *get_git_work_tree(void);
 extern const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path);
+extern const char *resolve_gitdir(const char *suspect);
 extern void set_git_work_tree(const char *tree);
 
 #define ALTERNATE_DB_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES"
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 5ea5502e48..efad002ed2 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -808,3 +808,10 @@ const char *setup_git_directory(void)
 {
 	return setup_git_directory_gently(NULL);
 }
+
+const char *resolve_gitdir(const char *suspect)
+{
+	if (is_git_directory(suspect))
+		return suspect;
+	return read_gitfile_gently(suspect);
+}
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index 14dc92723c..270a7d5b81 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ test_expect_success 'update --init' '
 	git submodule update init > update.out &&
 	cat update.out &&
 	test_i18ngrep "not initialized" update.out &&
-	! test -d init/.git &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir init/.git &&
 
 	git submodule update --init init &&
-	test -d init/.git
+	git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir init/.git
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'do not add files from a submodule' '
diff --git a/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh b/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
index 95ffe349a7..3620215c1f 100755
--- a/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
+++ b/t/t7403-submodule-sync.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ test_expect_success '"git submodule sync" should update submodule URLs' '
 	 git pull --no-recurse-submodules &&
 	 git submodule sync
 	) &&
-	test -d "$(git config -f super-clone/submodule/.git/config \
-	                        remote.origin.url)" &&
+	test -d "$(cd super-clone/submodule &&
+	 git config remote.origin.url
+	)" &&
 	(cd super-clone/submodule &&
 	 git checkout master &&
 	 git pull
diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index be745fb23f..9b69fe2e14 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@ test_expect_success 'use "submodule foreach" to checkout 2nd level submodule' '
 	git clone super clone2 &&
 	(
 		cd clone2 &&
-		test ! -d sub1/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub2/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub3/.git &&
-		test ! -d nested1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
 		git submodule update --init &&
-		test -d sub1/.git &&
-		test -d sub2/.git &&
-		test -d sub3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/.git &&
-		test ! -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/.git &&
 		git submodule foreach "git submodule update --init" &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
-		test ! -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested1/nested2/.git
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git
 	)
 '
 
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ test_expect_success 'use "foreach --recursive" to checkout all submodules' '
 	(
 		cd clone2 &&
 		git submodule foreach --recursive "git submodule update --init" &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
 	)
 '
 
@@ -183,18 +183,18 @@ test_expect_success 'use "update --recursive" to checkout all submodules' '
 	git clone super clone3 &&
 	(
 		cd clone3 &&
-		test ! -d sub1/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub2/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub3/.git &&
-		test ! -d nested1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
 		git submodule update --init --recursive &&
-		test -d sub1/.git &&
-		test -d sub2/.git &&
-		test -d sub3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
 	)
 '
 
@@ -247,14 +247,17 @@ test_expect_success 'ensure "status --cached --recursive" preserves the --cached
 
 test_expect_success 'use "git clone --recursive" to checkout all submodules' '
 	git clone --recursive super clone4 &&
-	test -d clone4/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/sub1/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/sub2/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/sub3/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/nested1/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/nested1/nested2/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
-	test -d clone4/nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+	(
+		cd clone4 &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir .git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+	)
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'test "update --recursive" with a flag with spaces' '
@@ -262,14 +265,14 @@ test_expect_success 'test "update --recursive" with a flag with spaces' '
 	git clone super clone5 &&
 	(
 		cd clone5 &&
-		test ! -d nested1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir d nested1/.git &&
 		git submodule update --init --recursive --reference="$(dirname "$PWD")/common objects" &&
-		test -d nested1/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
-		test -f nested1/.git/objects/info/alternates &&
-		test -f nested1/nested2/.git/objects/info/alternates &&
-		test -f nested1/nested2/nested3/.git/objects/info/alternates
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+		test -f .git/modules/nested1/objects/info/alternates &&
+		test -f .git/modules/nested1/modules/nested2/objects/info/alternates &&
+		test -f .git/modules/nested1/modules/nested2/modules/nested3/objects/info/alternates
 	)
 '
 
@@ -277,18 +280,18 @@ test_expect_success 'use "update --recursive nested1" to checkout all submodules
 	git clone super clone6 &&
 	(
 		cd clone6 &&
-		test ! -d sub1/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub2/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub3/.git &&
-		test ! -d nested1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
 		git submodule update --init --recursive -- nested1 &&
-		test ! -d sub1/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub2/.git &&
-		test ! -d sub3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
-		test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub1/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub2/.git &&
+		test_must_fail git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir sub3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+		git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
 	)
 '