1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 5432a31b62..bb8b53190e 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -6,6 +6,70 @@ static int inside_git_dir = -1;
 static int inside_work_tree = -1;
 
 /*
+ * The input parameter must contain an absolute path, and it must already be
+ * normalized.
+ *
+ * Find the part of an absolute path that lies inside the work tree by
+ * dereferencing symlinks outside the work tree, for example:
+ * /dir1/repo/dir2/file   (work tree is /dir1/repo)      -> dir2/file
+ * /dir/file              (work tree is /)               -> dir/file
+ * /dir/symlink1/symlink2 (symlink1 points to work tree) -> symlink2
+ * /dir/repolink/file     (repolink points to /dir/repo) -> file
+ * /dir/repo              (exactly equal to work tree)   -> (empty string)
+ */
+static int abspath_part_inside_repo(char *path)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	size_t wtlen;
+	char *path0;
+	int off;
+	const char *work_tree = get_git_work_tree();
+
+	if (!work_tree)
+		return -1;
+	wtlen = strlen(work_tree);
+	len = strlen(path);
+	off = 0;
+
+	/* check if work tree is already the prefix */
+	if (wtlen <= len && !strncmp(path, work_tree, wtlen)) {
+		if (path[wtlen] == '/') {
+			memmove(path, path + wtlen + 1, len - wtlen);
+			return 0;
+		} else if (path[wtlen - 1] == '/' || path[wtlen] == '\0') {
+			/* work tree is the root, or the whole path */
+			memmove(path, path + wtlen, len - wtlen + 1);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		/* work tree might match beginning of a symlink to work tree */
+		off = wtlen;
+	}
+	path0 = path;
+	path += offset_1st_component(path) + off;
+
+	/* check each '/'-terminated level */
+	while (*path) {
+		path++;
+		if (*path == '/') {
+			*path = '\0';
+			if (strcmp(real_path(path0), work_tree) == 0) {
+				memmove(path0, path + 1, len - (path - path0));
+				return 0;
+			}
+			*path = '/';
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* check whole path */
+	if (strcmp(real_path(path0), work_tree) == 0) {
+		*path0 = '\0';
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
  * Normalize "path", prepending the "prefix" for relative paths. If
  * remaining_prefix is not NULL, return the actual prefix still
  * remains in the path. For example, prefix = sub1/sub2/ and path is