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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/store-api.cc | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc index 28ad7c019..92f01fd2e 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc +++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc @@ -86,18 +86,25 @@ string storePathToHash(const Path & path) void checkStoreName(const string & name) { string validChars = "+-._?="; + + auto baseError = format("The path name '%2%' is invalid: %3%. " + "Path names are alphanumeric and can include the symbols %1% " + "and must not begin with a period. " + "Note: If '%2%' is a source file and you cannot rename it on " + "disk, builtins.path { name = ... } can be used to give it an " + "alternative name.") % validChars % name; + /* Disallow names starting with a dot for possible security reasons (e.g., "." and ".."). */ if (string(name, 0, 1) == ".") - throw Error(format("illegal name: '%1%'") % name); + throw Error(baseError % "it is illegal to start the name with a period"); for (auto & i : name) if (!((i >= 'A' && i <= 'Z') || (i >= 'a' && i <= 'z') || (i >= '0' && i <= '9') || validChars.find(i) != string::npos)) { - throw Error(format("invalid character '%1%' in name '%2%'") - % i % name); + throw Error(baseError % (format("the '%1%' character is invalid") % i)); } } |