Merge branch 'jn/config-ignore-inaccessible'

When $HOME is misconfigured to point at an unreadable directory, we
used to complain and die. This loosens the check.

* jn/config-ignore-inaccessible:
  config: allow inaccessible configuration under $HOME

Author: gitster

builtin/config.c

@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 */
 			die("$HOME not set");
 
-		if (access_or_warn(user_config, R_OK) &&
-		    xdg_config && !access_or_warn(xdg_config, R_OK))
+		if (access_or_warn(user_config, R_OK, 0) &&
+		    xdg_config && !access_or_warn(xdg_config, R_OK, 0))
 			given_config_file = xdg_config;
 		else
 			given_config_file = user_config;

config.c

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc
 		path = buf.buf;
 	}
 
-	if (!access_or_die(path, R_OK)) {
+	if (!access_or_die(path, R_OK, 0)) {
 		if (++inc->depth > MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH)
 			die(include_depth_advice, MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH, path,
 			    cf && cf->name ? cf->name : "the command line");
@@ -954,23 +954,23 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 
 	home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
 
-	if (git_config_system() && !access_or_die(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK)) {
+	if (git_config_system() && !access_or_die(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK, 0)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),
 					    data);
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (xdg_config && !access_or_die(xdg_config, R_OK)) {
+	if (xdg_config && !access_or_die(xdg_config, R_OK, ACCESS_EACCES_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_config, data);
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (user_config && !access_or_die(user_config, R_OK)) {
+	if (user_config && !access_or_die(user_config, R_OK, ACCESS_EACCES_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (repo_config && !access_or_die(repo_config, R_OK)) {
+	if (repo_config && !access_or_die(repo_config, R_OK, 0)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, repo_config, data);
 		found += 1;
 	}

dir.c

@@ -1542,9 +1542,9 @@ void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_path, "ignore");
 		excludes_file = xdg_path;
 	}
-	if (!access_or_warn(path, R_OK))
+	if (!access_or_warn(path, R_OK, 0))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, path);
-	if (excludes_file && !access_or_warn(excludes_file, R_OK))
+	if (excludes_file && !access_or_warn(excludes_file, R_OK, 0))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
 }
 

git-compat-util.h

@@ -692,8 +692,9 @@ int remove_or_warn(unsigned int mode, const char *path);
  * Call access(2), but warn for any error except "missing file"
  * (ENOENT or ENOTDIR).
  */
-int access_or_warn(const char *path, int mode);
-int access_or_die(const char *path, int mode);
+#define ACCESS_EACCES_OK (1U << 0)
+int access_or_warn(const char *path, int mode, unsigned flag);
+int access_or_die(const char *path, int mode, unsigned flag);
 
 /* Warn on an inaccessible file that ought to be accessible */
 void warn_on_inaccessible(const char *path);

wrapper.c

@@ -408,18 +408,24 @@ void warn_on_inaccessible(const char *path)
 	warning(_("unable to access '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
-int access_or_warn(const char *path, int mode)
+static int access_error_is_ok(int err, unsigned flag)
+{
+	return err == ENOENT || err == ENOTDIR ||
+		((flag & ACCESS_EACCES_OK) && err == EACCES);
+}
+
+int access_or_warn(const char *path, int mode, unsigned flag)
 {
 	int ret = access(path, mode);
-	if (ret && errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
+	if (ret && !access_error_is_ok(errno, flag))
 		warn_on_inaccessible(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int access_or_die(const char *path, int mode)
+int access_or_die(const char *path, int mode, unsigned flag)
 {
 	int ret = access(path, mode);
-	if (ret && errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
+	if (ret && !access_error_is_ok(errno, flag))
 		die_errno(_("unable to access '%s'"), path);
 	return ret;
 }