From 285b271dee812e955bb3c5de7257941a1228885c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:02:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] kiss: ensure that the owner actually exists

---
 kiss | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index a08edd4..c6cf3a3 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1161,9 +1161,12 @@ pkg_updates() {
                 # ownership of files and directories in the rare
                 # case that the repository is owned by a 3rd user.
                 (
-                    user=$(stat -c %U "$PWD")
+                    user=$(stat -c %U "$PWD") || user=root
 
-                    [ "${user:=root}" = root ] ||
+                    id -u "$user" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
+                        user=root
+
+                    [ "$user" = root ] ||
                         log "Dropping permissions to $user for pull"
 
                     case $su in