admin: resolve_git_dir respects symlinks

Absolute pathnames of git coderepos are stored in the cindex,
but we should favor paths relative to $ENV{PWD} since it
respects symlinks in the heirarchy.

Respecting symlinks makes it easier to migrate cindex to
new storage as old storage wears out and to relocate the
storage device onto another machine.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index 893f4a1b..cc9d2171 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -63,15 +63,32 @@ sub resolve_inboxdir {
         $dir;
 }
 
+sub valid_pwd {
+        my $pwd = $ENV{PWD} // return;
+        my @st_pwd = stat $pwd or return;
+        my @st_cwd = stat '.' or die "stat(.): $!";
+        "@st_pwd[1,0]" eq "@st_cwd[1,0]" ? $pwd : undef;
+}
+
 sub resolve_git_dir {
-        my ($cd) = @_;
+        my ($cd) = @_; # cd may be `undef' for cwd
         # try v1 bare git dirs
+        my $pwd = valid_pwd();
+        my $env;
+        defined($pwd) && substr($cd // '/', 0, 1) ne '/' and
+                $env->{PWD} = "$pwd/$cd";
         my $cmd = [ qw(git rev-parse --git-dir) ];
-        my $dir = run_qx($cmd, undef, {-C => $cd});
+        my $dir = run_qx($cmd, $env, { -C => $cd });
         die "error in @$cmd (cwd:${\($cd // '.')}): $?\n" if $?;
         chomp $dir;
-        # --absolute-git-dir requires git v2.13.0+
-        $dir = rel2abs_collapsed($dir, $cd) if $dir !~ m!\A/!;
+        # --absolute-git-dir requires git v2.13.0+, and we want to
+        # respect symlinks when $ENV{PWD} if $ENV{PWD} ne abs_path('.')
+        # since we store absolute GIT_DIR paths in cindex.
+        if (substr($dir, 0, 1) ne '/') {
+                substr($cd // '/', 0, 1) eq '/' or
+                        $cd = File::Spec->rel2abs($cd, $pwd);
+                $dir = rel2abs_collapsed($dir, $cd);
+        }
         $dir;
 }