real_path(): reject the empty string

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: mhagger

abspath.c

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ const char *real_path(const char *path)
 	if (path == buf || path == next_buf)
 		return path;
 
+	if (!*path)
+		die("The empty string is not a valid path");
+
 	if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
 		die ("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 

t/t0060-path-utils.sh

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ test_expect_success 'absolute path rejects the empty string' '
 	test_must_fail test-path-utils absolute_path ""
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'real path rejects the empty string' '
+test_expect_success 'real path rejects the empty string' '
 	test_must_fail test-path-utils real_path ""
 '