project: allow src=. with symlinksv2.1.1

Some Android/Nest manifests are using <linkfile> with src="." to
create stable paths to specific projects.  Allow that specific
use case as it seems reasonable to support.

Bug: https://crbug.com/gerrit/11218
Change-Id: I16dbe8d9fe42ea45440afcb61404c753bff1930d
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/254330
Reviewed-by: Chanho Park <parkch98@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index 185507c0..a305d720 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -382,7 +382,12 @@ class _LinkFile(object):
     Handles wild cards on the src linking all of the files in the source in to
     the destination directory.
     """
-    src = _SafeExpandPath(self.git_worktree, self.src)
+    # Some people use src="." to create stable links to projects.  Lets allow
+    # that but reject all other uses of "." to keep things simple.
+    if self.src == '.':
+      src = self.git_worktree
+    else:
+      src = _SafeExpandPath(self.git_worktree, self.src)
 
     if os.path.exists(src):
       # Entity exists so just a simple one to one link operation.