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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
e77b3da6bb submodule--helper: fix a leak in "clone_submodule"
Fix a memory leak of the "clone_data_path" variable that we copy or
derive from the "struct module_clone_data" in clone_submodule(). This
code was refactored in preceding commits, but the leak has been with
us since f8eaa0ba98 (submodule--helper, module_clone: always operate
on absolute paths, 2016-03-31).

For the "else" case we don't need to xstrdup() the "clone_data->path",
and we don't need to free our own "clone_data_path". We can therefore
assign the "clone_data->path" to our own "clone_data_path" right away,
and only override it (and remember to free it!) if we need to
xstrfmt() a replacement.

In the case of the module_clone() caller it's from "argv", and doesn't
need to be free'd, and in the case of the add_submodule() caller we
get a pointer to "sm_path", which doesn't need to be directly free'd
either.

Fixing this leak makes several tests pass, so let's mark them as
passing with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2022-09-02 09:18:12 -07:00
Jeff King
532139940c add: warn when adding an embedded repository
It's an easy mistake to add a repository inside another
repository, like:

  git clone $url
  git add .

The resulting entry is a gitlink, but there's no matching
.gitmodules entry. Trying to use "submodule init" (or clone
with --recursive) doesn't do anything useful. Prior to
v2.13, such an entry caused git-submodule to barf entirely.
In v2.13, the entry is considered "inactive" and quietly
ignored. Either way, no clone of your repository can do
anything useful with the gitlink without the user manually
adding the submodule config.

In most cases, the user probably meant to either add a real
submodule, or they forgot to put the embedded repository in
their .gitignore file.

Let's issue a warning when we see this case. There are a few
things to note:

  - the warning will go in the git-add porcelain; anybody
    wanting to do low-level manipulation of the index is
    welcome to create whatever funny states they want.

  - we detect the case by looking for a newly added gitlink;
    updates via "git add submodule" are perfectly reasonable,
    and this avoids us having to investigate .gitmodules
    entirely

  - there's a command-line option to suppress the warning.
    This is needed for git-submodule itself (which adds the
    entry before adding any submodule config), but also
    provides a mechanism for other scripts doing
    submodule-like things.

We could make this a hard error instead of a warning.
However, we do add lots of sub-repos in our test suite. It's
not _wrong_ to do so. It just creates a state where users
may be surprised. Pointing them in the right direction with
a gentle hint is probably the best option.

There is a config knob that can disable the (long) hint. But
I intentionally omitted a config knob to disable the warning
entirely. Whether the warning is sensible or not is
generally about context, not about the user's preferences.
If there's a tool or workflow that adds gitlinks without
matching .gitmodules, it should probably be taught about the
new command-line option, rather than blanket-disabling the
warning.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-15 09:10:44 -07:00