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[PATCH 2/2] cvsserver: Fix for histories with multiple roots

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Jan 26, 2008, 09:54 UTC
Message-ID
<12013412462758-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>
In-Reply-To
<12013412461111-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

Git histories may have multiple roots, which can cause git merge-base to fail and this caused git cvsserver to die.

This commit teaches git cvsserver to handle a failing git merge-base gracefully, and modifies the test case to verify this. All the test cases now use a history with two roots.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
 git-cvsserver.perl              |    5 +++++
 t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh |   10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index ecded3b..534b41e 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -2543,6 +2543,11 @@ sub update
                     if ($parent eq $lastpicked) {
                         next;
                     }
+                    # or it may fail to find a merge base.  In this
+                    # case we just ignore this merge.
+                    if (system("git merge-base $lastpicked $parent >/dev/null 2>/dev/null")) {
+                        next;
+                    }
                     my $base = safe_pipe_capture('git-merge-base',
 						 $lastpicked, $parent);
                     chomp $base;
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index 1f2749e..75d1ce4 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
   echo >empty &&
   git add empty &&
   git commit -q -m "First Commit" &&
+  mkdir secondroot &&
+  ( cd secondroot &&
+  git init &&
+  touch secondrootfile &&
+  git add secondrootfile &&
+  git commit -m "second root") &&
+  git pull secondroot master &&
   git clone -q --local --bare "$WORKDIR/.git" "$SERVERDIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
   GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config --bool gitcvs.enabled true &&
   GIT_DIR="$SERVERDIR" git config gitcvs.logfile "$SERVERDIR/gitcvs.log"
@@ -46,7 +53,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 # as argument to co -d
 test_expect_success 'basic checkout' \
   'GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs -Q co -d cvswork master &&
-   test "$(echo $(grep -v ^D cvswork/CVS/Entries|cut -d/ -f2,3,5))" = "empty/1.1/"'
+   test "$(echo $(grep -v ^D cvswork/CVS/Entries|cut -d/ -f2,3,5 | head -n 1))" = "empty/1.1/"
+   test "$(echo $(grep -v ^D cvswork/CVS/Entries|cut -d/ -f2,3,5 | tail -n 1))" = "secondrootfile/1.1/"'
 
 #------------------------
 # PSERVER AUTHENTICATION
-- 
1.5.4.rc4.42.gacc73
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  1. 1/2 t9400-git-cvsserver-server: Wrap setup into test caseSteffen Prohaska, Jan 26, 2008
  2. 2/2 cvsserver: Fix for histories with multiple rootsSteffen Prohaska, Jan 26, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2008
  4. cvsserver: Fix for histories with multiple rootsSteffen Prohaska, Jan 27, 2008
  5. Steffen ProhaskaJan 27, 2008

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