File cmd-go-reject-update-of-VCS-inside-VCS.patch of Package go1.4

From a4544a0f8af001d1fb6df0e70750f570ec49ccf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:17:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [release-branch.go1.8] cmd/go: reject update of VCS inside
 VCS

Cherry-pick of CL 68110.

Change-Id: Iae84c6404ab5eeb6950faa2364f97a017c67c506
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/68190
Run-TryBot: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Chris Broadfoot <cbro@golang.org>
---
 src/cmd/go/get.go     |  5 +++++
 src/cmd/go/go_test.go | 19 +++++++++++++++++
 src/cmd/go/vcs.go     | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: go/src/cmd/go/get.go
===================================================================
--- go.orig/src/cmd/go/get.go
+++ go/src/cmd/go/get.go
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ func downloadPackage(p *Package) error {
 		p.build.PkgRoot = filepath.Join(list[0], "pkg")
 	}
 	root := filepath.Join(p.build.SrcRoot, rootPath)
+
+	if err := checkNestedVCS(vcs, root, p.build.SrcRoot); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// If we've considered this repository already, don't do it again.
 	if downloadRootCache[root] {
 		return nil
Index: go/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
===================================================================
--- go.orig/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
+++ go/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
@@ -432,11 +432,28 @@ func vcsForDir(p *Package) (vcs *vcsCmd,
 		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("directory %q is outside source root %q", dir, srcRoot)
 	}
 
+	var vcsRet *vcsCmd
+	var rootRet string
+
 	origDir := dir
 	for len(dir) > len(srcRoot) {
 		for _, vcs := range vcsList {
 			if fi, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "."+vcs.cmd)); err == nil && fi.IsDir() {
-				return vcs, dir[len(srcRoot)+1:], nil
+				root := filepath.ToSlash(dir[len(srcRoot)+1:])
+				// Record first VCS we find, but keep looking,
+				// to detect mistakes like one kind of VCS inside another.
+				if vcsRet == nil {
+					vcsRet = vcs
+					rootRet = root
+					continue
+				}
+				// Allow .git inside .git, which can arise due to submodules.
+				if vcsRet == vcs && vcs.cmd == "git" {
+					continue
+				}
+				// Otherwise, we have one VCS inside a different VCS.
+				return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("directory %q uses %s, but parent %q uses %s",
+					filepath.Join(srcRoot, rootRet), vcsRet.cmd, filepath.Join(srcRoot, root), vcs.cmd)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -449,9 +466,48 @@ func vcsForDir(p *Package) (vcs *vcsCmd,
 		dir = ndir
 	}
 
+	if vcsRet != nil {
+		return vcsRet, rootRet, nil
+	}
+
 	return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("directory %q is not using a known version control system", origDir)
 }
 
+// checkNestedVCS checks for an incorrectly-nested VCS-inside-VCS
+// situation for dir, checking parents up until srcRoot.
+func checkNestedVCS(vcs *vcsCmd, dir, srcRoot string) error {
+	if len(dir) <= len(srcRoot) || dir[len(srcRoot)] != filepath.Separator {
+		return fmt.Errorf("directory %q is outside source root %q", dir, srcRoot)
+	}
+
+	otherDir := dir
+	for len(otherDir) > len(srcRoot) {
+		for _, otherVCS := range vcsList {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "."+otherVCS.cmd)); err == nil {
+				// Allow expected vcs in original dir.
+				if otherDir == dir && otherVCS == vcs {
+					continue
+				}
+				// Allow .git inside .git, which can arise due to submodules.
+				if otherVCS == vcs && vcs.cmd == "git" {
+					continue
+				}
+				// Otherwise, we have one VCS inside a different VCS.
+				return fmt.Errorf("directory %q uses %s, but parent %q uses %s", dir, vcs.cmd, otherDir, otherVCS.cmd)
+			}
+		}
+		// Move to parent.
+		newDir := filepath.Dir(otherDir)
+		if len(newDir) >= len(otherDir) {
+			// Shouldn't happen, but just in case, stop.
+			break
+		}
+		otherDir = newDir
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // repoRoot represents a version control system, a repo, and a root of
 // where to put it on disk.
 type repoRoot struct {