Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] abspath: convert absolute_path() to strbuf

From: Jeff King <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:15:00 -0400

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 08:33:55PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:

>  const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
>  {
> -	static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
> -
> -	if (!*path) {
> -		die("The empty string is not a valid path");
> -	} else if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
> -		if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
> -			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
> -	} else {
> -		size_t len;
> -		const char *fmt;
> -		const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
> -		if (!cwd)
> -			die_errno("Cannot determine the current working directory");
> -		len = strlen(cwd);
> -		fmt = (len > 0 && is_dir_sep(cwd[len - 1])) ? "%s%s" : "%s/%s";
> -		if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, fmt, cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
> -			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
> -	}
> -	return buf;
> +	static struct strbuf sb;
> +	strbuf_init(&sb, 0);
> +	strbuf_add_absolute_path(&sb, path);
> +	return sb.buf;
>  }

Is it right to strbuf_init here? That means that we are throwing away
the old buffer for each call. I would think you want instead:

  static struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
  strbuf_reset(&sb);
  ...

-Peff