cgit.c: improve error message when git repo cannot be accessed

The current 'Not a git repository' error message is not very helpful,
since it doesn't state the cause of the problem.

This patch uses errno to provide a hint of the underlying problem. It
would have been even better to give the exact cause (e.g. for ENOENT it
would be nice to know which file/directory is missing), but that would
require reimplementing setup_git_directory_gently() which seems a bit
overkill.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index e498030..5259f56 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -278,263 +278,267 @@ static void querystring_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "showmsg")) {
                 ctx.qry.showmsg = atoi(value);
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "period")) {
                 ctx.qry.period = xstrdup(value);
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "ss")) {
                 ctx.qry.ssdiff = atoi(value);
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "all")) {
                 ctx.qry.show_all = atoi(value);
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "context")) {
                 ctx.qry.context = atoi(value);
         } else if (!strcmp(name, "ignorews")) {
                 ctx.qry.ignorews = atoi(value);
         }
 }
 
 char *xstrdupn(const char *str)
 {
         return (str ? xstrdup(str) : NULL);
 }
 
 static void prepare_context(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
         memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
         ctx->cfg.agefile = "info/web/last-modified";
         ctx->cfg.nocache = 0;
         ctx->cfg.cache_size = 0;
         ctx->cfg.cache_dynamic_ttl = 5;
         ctx->cfg.cache_max_create_time = 5;
         ctx->cfg.cache_repo_ttl = 5;
         ctx->cfg.cache_root = CGIT_CACHE_ROOT;
         ctx->cfg.cache_root_ttl = 5;
         ctx->cfg.cache_scanrc_ttl = 15;
         ctx->cfg.cache_static_ttl = -1;
         ctx->cfg.css = "/cgit.css";
         ctx->cfg.logo = "/cgit.png";
         ctx->cfg.local_time = 0;
         ctx->cfg.enable_gitweb_owner = 1;
         ctx->cfg.enable_tree_linenumbers = 1;
         ctx->cfg.max_repo_count = 50;
         ctx->cfg.max_commit_count = 50;
         ctx->cfg.max_lock_attempts = 5;
         ctx->cfg.max_msg_len = 80;
         ctx->cfg.max_repodesc_len = 80;
         ctx->cfg.max_blob_size = 0;
         ctx->cfg.max_stats = 0;
         ctx->cfg.module_link = "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s";
         ctx->cfg.project_list = NULL;
         ctx->cfg.renamelimit = -1;
         ctx->cfg.remove_suffix = 0;
         ctx->cfg.robots = "index, nofollow";
         ctx->cfg.root_title = "Git repository browser";
         ctx->cfg.root_desc = "a fast webinterface for the git dscm";
         ctx->cfg.scan_hidden_path = 0;
         ctx->cfg.script_name = CGIT_SCRIPT_NAME;
         ctx->cfg.section = "";
         ctx->cfg.summary_branches = 10;
         ctx->cfg.summary_log = 10;
         ctx->cfg.summary_tags = 10;
         ctx->cfg.max_atom_items = 10;
         ctx->cfg.ssdiff = 0;
         ctx->env.cgit_config = xstrdupn(getenv("CGIT_CONFIG"));
         ctx->env.http_host = xstrdupn(getenv("HTTP_HOST"));
         ctx->env.https = xstrdupn(getenv("HTTPS"));
         ctx->env.no_http = xstrdupn(getenv("NO_HTTP"));
         ctx->env.path_info = xstrdupn(getenv("PATH_INFO"));
         ctx->env.query_string = xstrdupn(getenv("QUERY_STRING"));
         ctx->env.request_method = xstrdupn(getenv("REQUEST_METHOD"));
         ctx->env.script_name = xstrdupn(getenv("SCRIPT_NAME"));
         ctx->env.server_name = xstrdupn(getenv("SERVER_NAME"));
         ctx->env.server_port = xstrdupn(getenv("SERVER_PORT"));
         ctx->page.mimetype = "text/html";
         ctx->page.charset = PAGE_ENCODING;
         ctx->page.filename = NULL;
         ctx->page.size = 0;
         ctx->page.modified = time(NULL);
         ctx->page.expires = ctx->page.modified;
         ctx->page.etag = NULL;
         memset(&ctx->cfg.mimetypes, 0, sizeof(struct string_list));
         if (ctx->env.script_name)
                 ctx->cfg.script_name = ctx->env.script_name;
         if (ctx->env.query_string)
                 ctx->qry.raw = ctx->env.query_string;
         if (!ctx->env.cgit_config)
                 ctx->env.cgit_config = CGIT_CONFIG;
 }
 
 struct refmatch {
         char *req_ref;
         char *first_ref;
         int match;
 };
 
 int find_current_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
                      int flags, void *cb_data)
 {
         struct refmatch *info;
 
         info = (struct refmatch *)cb_data;
         if (!strcmp(refname, info->req_ref))
                 info->match = 1;
         if (!info->first_ref)
                 info->first_ref = xstrdup(refname);
         return info->match;
 }
 
 char *find_default_branch(struct cgit_repo *repo)
 {
         struct refmatch info;
         char *ref;
 
         info.req_ref = repo->defbranch;
         info.first_ref = NULL;
         info.match = 0;
         for_each_branch_ref(find_current_ref, &info);
         if (info.match)
                 ref = info.req_ref;
         else
                 ref = info.first_ref;
         if (ref)
                 ref = xstrdup(ref);
         return ref;
 }
 
 static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
         char *tmp;
         unsigned char sha1[20];
         int nongit = 0;
+        int rc;
 
         setenv("GIT_DIR", ctx->repo->path, 1);
         setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
         if (nongit) {
+                rc = errno;
                 ctx->page.title = fmt("%s - %s", ctx->cfg.root_title,
                                       "config error");
-                tmp = fmt("Not a git repository: '%s'", ctx->repo->path);
+                tmp = fmt("Failed to open %s: %s",
+                          ctx->repo->name,
+                          rc ? strerror(rc) : "Not a valid git repository");
                 ctx->repo = NULL;
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error(tmp);
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
         ctx->page.title = fmt("%s - %s", ctx->repo->name, ctx->repo->desc);
 
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
                 ctx->qry.nohead = 1;
                 ctx->qry.head = find_default_branch(ctx->repo);
                 ctx->repo->defbranch = ctx->qry.head;
         }
 
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error("Repository seems to be empty");
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
 
         if (get_sha1(ctx->qry.head, sha1)) {
                 tmp = xstrdup(ctx->qry.head);
                 ctx->qry.head = ctx->repo->defbranch;
                 ctx->page.status = 404;
                 ctx->page.statusmsg = "not found";
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error(fmt("Invalid branch: %s", tmp));
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
         return 0;
 }
 
 static void process_request(void *cbdata)
 {
         struct cgit_context *ctx = cbdata;
         struct cgit_cmd *cmd;
 
         cmd = cgit_get_cmd(ctx);
         if (!cmd) {
                 ctx->page.title = "cgit error";
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error("Invalid request");
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return;
         }
 
         /* If cmd->want_vpath is set, assume ctx->qry.path contains a "virtual"
          * in-project path limit to be made available at ctx->qry.vpath.
          * Otherwise, no path limit is in effect (ctx->qry.vpath = NULL).
          */
         ctx->qry.vpath = cmd->want_vpath ? ctx->qry.path : NULL;
 
         if (cmd->want_repo && !ctx->repo) {
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error(fmt("No repository selected"));
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return;
         }
 
         if (ctx->repo && prepare_repo_cmd(ctx))
                 return;
 
         if (cmd->want_layout) {
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
         }
 
         cmd->fn(ctx);
 
         if (cmd->want_layout)
                 cgit_print_docend();
 }
 
 int cmp_repos(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
         const struct cgit_repo *ra = a, *rb = b;
         return strcmp(ra->url, rb->url);
 }
 
 char *build_snapshot_setting(int bitmap)
 {
         const struct cgit_snapshot_format *f;
         char *result = xstrdup("");
         char *tmp;
         int len;
 
         for (f = cgit_snapshot_formats; f->suffix; f++) {
                 if (f->bit & bitmap) {
                         tmp = result;
                         result = xstrdup(fmt("%s%s ", tmp, f->suffix));
                         free(tmp);
                 }
         }
         len = strlen(result);
         if (len)
                 result[len - 1] = '\0';
         return result;
 }
 
 char *get_first_line(char *txt)
 {
         char *t = xstrdup(txt);
         char *p = strchr(t, '\n');
         if (p)
                 *p = '\0';
         return t;
 }
 
 void print_repo(FILE *f, struct cgit_repo *repo)
 {
         fprintf(f, "repo.url=%s\n", repo->url);
         fprintf(f, "repo.name=%s\n", repo->name);
         fprintf(f, "repo.path=%s\n", repo->path);
         if (repo->owner)
                 fprintf(f, "repo.owner=%s\n", repo->owner);