daemon: do not forbid user relative paths unconditionally under --base-path

Using base-path to relocate the server public space does not
have anything to do with allowing or forbidding user relative
paths.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 532bb0c..324bb04 100644 (file)
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -145,13 +145,17 @@ static char *path_ok(char *dir)
 
        if (base_path) {
                static char rpath[PATH_MAX];
-               if (*dir != '/') {
-                       /* Forbid possible base-path evasion using ~paths. */
+               if (!strict_paths && *dir == '~')
+                       ; /* allow user relative paths */
+               else if (*dir != '/') {
+                       /* otherwise allow only absolute */
                        logerror("'%s': Non-absolute path denied (base-path active)", dir);
                        return NULL;
                }
-               snprintf(rpath, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", base_path, dir);
-               dir = rpath;
+               else {
+                       snprintf(rpath, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", base_path, dir);
+                       dir = rpath;
+               }
        }
 
        path = enter_repo(dir, strict_paths);