/// The error returned by [`realpath()`][super::realpath()]. #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)] #[expect(missing_docs)] pub enum Error { #[error("The maximum allowed number {} of symlinks in path is exceeded", .max_symlinks)] MaxSymlinksExceeded { max_symlinks: u8 }, #[error("Cannot resolve symlinks in path with more than {max_symlink_checks} components (takes too long)")] ExcessiveComponentCount { max_symlink_checks: usize }, #[error(transparent)] ReadLink(std::io::Error), #[error(transparent)] CurrentWorkingDir(std::io::Error), #[error("Empty is not a valid path")] EmptyPath, #[error("Ran out of path components while following parent component '..'")] MissingParent, } /// The default amount of symlinks we may follow when resolving a path in [`realpath()`][crate::realpath()]. pub const MAX_SYMLINKS: u8 = 32; pub(crate) mod function { use std::path::{ Component::{CurDir, Normal, ParentDir, Prefix, RootDir}, Path, PathBuf, }; use super::Error; use crate::realpath::MAX_SYMLINKS; /// Check each component of `path` and see if it is a symlink. If so, resolve it. /// Do not fail for non-existing components, but assume these are as is. /// /// If `path` is relative, the current working directory be used to make it absolute. /// Note that the returned path will be verbatim, and repositories with `core.precomposeUnicode` /// set will probably want to precompose the paths unicode. pub fn realpath(path: impl AsRef) -> Result { let path = path.as_ref(); let cwd = path .is_relative() .then(std::env::current_dir) .unwrap_or_else(|| Ok(PathBuf::default())) .map_err(Error::CurrentWorkingDir)?; realpath_opts(path, &cwd, MAX_SYMLINKS) } /// The same as [`realpath()`], but allow to configure `max_symlinks` to configure how many symbolic links we are going to follow. /// This serves to avoid running into cycles or doing unreasonable amounts of work. pub fn realpath_opts(path: &Path, cwd: &Path, max_symlinks: u8) -> Result { if path.as_os_str().is_empty() { return Err(Error::EmptyPath); } let mut real_path = PathBuf::new(); if path.is_relative() { real_path.push(cwd); } let mut num_symlinks = 0; let mut path_backing: PathBuf; let mut components = path.components(); const MAX_SYMLINK_CHECKS: usize = 2048; let mut symlink_checks = 0; while let Some(component) = components.next() { match component { part @ (RootDir | Prefix(_)) => real_path.push(part), CurDir => {} ParentDir => { if !real_path.pop() { return Err(Error::MissingParent); } } Normal(part) => { real_path.push(part); symlink_checks += 1; if real_path.is_symlink() { num_symlinks += 1; if num_symlinks > max_symlinks { return Err(Error::MaxSymlinksExceeded { max_symlinks }); } let mut link_destination = std::fs::read_link(real_path.as_path()).map_err(Error::ReadLink)?; if link_destination.is_absolute() { // pushing absolute path to real_path resets it to the pushed absolute path } else { assert!(real_path.pop(), "we just pushed a component"); } link_destination.extend(components); path_backing = link_destination; components = path_backing.components(); } if symlink_checks > MAX_SYMLINK_CHECKS { return Err(Error::ExcessiveComponentCount { max_symlink_checks: MAX_SYMLINK_CHECKS, }); } } } } Ok(real_path) } }