{"thread":{"id":"31161","subject":"GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","startedAt":"2012-08-01T11:50:14Z","lastAt":"2012-08-02T21:13:49Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Andreas Grünbacher","Junio C Hamano","Paul Eggert","Jim Meyering"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"196290","messageId":"CAHpGcM+DkL_CCisCjF9m0j3NRJUNAdfL05T0cfLjLfVORQHrpw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"31161","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","fromName":"Andreas Grünbacher","fromEmail":"agruen@gnu.org","sentAt":"2012-08-01T11:50:14Z","receivedAt":"2012-08-01T11:50:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"agruen@gnu.org","avatar":null},"body":"After another improvement in git-style diff support to better handle\nconcatenated\ndiffs, here is a last call for testing to ensure that the code works\nwell enough to\nbecome the next stable release. Please find the latest development snapshots\nhere:\n\n ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/patch/\n\nThe following significant changes have happened since the last stable release\nin December 2009:\n\n* Support for most features of the \"diff --git\" format, including renames and\n copies, permission changes, and symlink diffs. Binary diffs are not\n supported yet; patch will complain and skip them.\n\n* Support for double-quoted filenames in the \"diff --git\" format: when a\n filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string\n literal. The escape sequences \\\\, \\\", \\a, \\b, \\f, \\n, \\r, \\t, \\v, and \\ooo\n (a three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are recognized.\n\n* Patch now ignores destination file names that are absolute or that contain\n a component of \"..\". This addresses CVE-2010-4651.\n\n* Refuse to apply a normal patch to a symlink. (Previous versions of patch\n were replacing the symlink with a regular file.)\n\n* When trying to modify a read-only file, warn about the potential problem\n by default. The --read-only command line option allows to change this\n behavior.\n\n* Files that should be deleted are now deleted once the entire patch file has\n been read. This fixes a bug with numbered backup files.\n\n* When a timestamp specifies a time zone, honor that instead of assuming the\n local time zone (--set-date) or Universal Coordinated Time (--set-utc).\n\n* Support for nanosecond precision timestamps.\n\n* Many portability and bug fixes.\n\nPlease report bugs or suggestions on the mailing list, or\nin the project's bug tracker on Savannah:\n\n http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch\n\nThanks,\nAndreas\n"},{"id":"196295","messageId":"7v8vdyfqa9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"31161","inReplyTo":"CAHpGcM+DkL_CCisCjF9m0j3NRJUNAdfL05T0cfLjLfVORQHrpw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2012-08-01T17:58:06Z","receivedAt":"2012-08-01T17:58:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Andreas Grünbacher writes:\n\n> * Support for double-quoted filenames in the \"diff --git\" format: when a\n> filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string\n> literal. The escape sequences \\\\, \\\", \\a, \\b, \\f, \\n, \\r, \\t, \\v, and \\ooo\n> (a three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are recognized.\n\nIs this also available in non-git diffs? IIRC, this extension to\nallow funny characters in pathnames was proposed by and discussed\nwith Paul Eggert (listed as one of GNU diffutils maintainers at\nwww.gnu.org/software/diffutils/) and git happened to adopt it\nearlier than \"GNU diff\" itself did.\n\nI found it a bit odd to see this listed as one of the items needed\nto support \"diff --git\" oddity.\n"},{"id":"196367","messageId":"CAHpGcML5PVAgd9x75=5k1-ev+Px4V+26KJhhyZk-O54p0WxfxQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"31161","inReplyTo":"7v8vdyfqa9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","fromName":"Andreas Grünbacher","fromEmail":"andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-08-02T20:02:12Z","receivedAt":"2012-08-02T20:02:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Junio,\n\n2012/8/1 Junio C Hamano :\n> Andreas Grünbacher writes:\n>\n>> * Support for double-quoted filenames in the \"diff --git\" format: when a\n>> filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string\n>> literal. The escape sequences \\\\, \\\", \\a, \\b, \\f, \\n, \\r, \\t, \\v, and \\ooo\n>> (a three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are recognized.\n>\n> Is this also available in non-git diffs?\n\nI have only enabled this for git-style diffs for now. GNU diff doesn't do\nfilename quoting so far and if it eventually implements a slightly different\nform of quoting (which I wouldn't recommend), we might be in trouble.\n\n> IIRC, this extension to allow funny characters in pathnames was\n> proposed by and discussed with Paul Eggert (listed as one of GNU\n> diffutils maintainers at www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/) and git happened\n> to adopt it earlier than \"GNU diff\" itself did.\n\nPaul and Jim, any thoughts about adding filename quoting to GNU diff anytime\nsoon, or about the format?\n\nThanks,\nAndreas\n"},{"id":"196370","messageId":"501AEC59.7010907@cs.ucla.edu","threadId":"31161","inReplyTo":"CAHpGcML5PVAgd9x75=5k1-ev+Px4V+26KJhhyZk-O54p0WxfxQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org","subject":"Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","fromName":"Paul Eggert","fromEmail":"eggert-764c0prugfqvc3sceru5cw@public.gmane.org","sentAt":"2012-08-02T21:08:41Z","receivedAt":"2012-08-02T21:08:41Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"eggert-764c0prugfqvc3sceru5cw@public.gmane.org","avatar":null},"body":"On 08/02/2012 01:02 PM, Andreas Grünbacher wrote:\n> Paul and Jim, any thoughts about adding filename quoting to GNU diff anytime\n> soon, or about the format?\n\nThe git format looks OK. I don't have time right now to add it to GNU diff, tho.\n"},{"id":"196371","messageId":"877gtht2sy.fsf@rho.meyering.net","threadId":"31161","inReplyTo":"501AEC59.7010907-764C0pRuGfqVc3sceRu5cw@public.gmane.org","subject":"Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)","fromName":"Jim Meyering","fromEmail":"jim-oxw1nkzkivjk1umjsbkqmq@public.gmane.org","sentAt":"2012-08-02T21:13:49Z","receivedAt":"2012-08-02T21:13:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jim-oxw1nkzkivjk1umjsbkqmq@public.gmane.org","avatar":null},"body":"Paul Eggert wrote:\n> On 08/02/2012 01:02 PM, Andreas Grünbacher wrote:\n>> Paul and Jim, any thoughts about adding filename quoting to GNU diff anytime\n>> soon, or about the format?\n>\n> The git format looks OK. I don't have time right now to add it to GNU diff, tho.\n\nI agree, and have no more free time for the task than Paul does.\nWould someone care to contribute a complete patch?\n"}]}