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Re: [PATCH] perl: add new module Git::Config for cached 'git config' access

From
Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Date
Apr 6, 2009, 22:50 UTC
Message-ID
<1239058276.31863.19.camel@maia.lan>
In-Reply-To
<20090406092942.GW17706@mail-vs.djpig.de>
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 11:29 +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:46:15AM +1200, Sam Vilain wrote:
> > +	my ($fh, $c) = $git->command_output_pipe(
> > +		'config', ( $which ? ("--$which") : () ),
> > +		'--list',
> > +	       );
> Any reason why you don't use --null here? The output of --list without --null
> is not reliably parsable, since people can put newlines in values.
No particularly good reason :-)
Subject: [PATCH] perl: make Git::Config use --null

Use the form of 'git-config' designed for parsing by modules like this for safety with values containing embedded line feeds.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
---
 perl/Git/Config.pm |    6 ++++--
 t/t9700/config.t   |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/perl/Git/Config.pm b/perl/Git/Config.pm
index a0a6a41..a35d9f3 100644
--- a/perl/Git/Config.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/Config.pm
@@ -179,12 +179,14 @@ sub read {
 
 	my ($fh, $c) = $git->command_output_pipe(
 		'config', ( $which ? ("--$which") : () ),
-		'--list',
+		 '--null', '--list',
 	       );
 	my $read_state = {};
 
+	local($/)="\0";
 	while (<$fh>) {
-		my ($item, $value) = m{(.*?)=(.*)};
+		my ($item, $value) = m{(.*?)\n((?s:.*))\0}
+			or die "failed to parse it; \$_='$_'";
 		my $sl = \( $read_state->{$item} );
 		if (!defined $$sl) {
 			$$sl = $value;
diff --git a/t/t9700/config.t b/t/t9700/config.t
index 395a5c9..f0f7d2d 100644
--- a/t/t9700/config.t
+++ b/t/t9700/config.t
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ in_empty_repo sub {
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.intval", "12g");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.false.val", "false");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.true.val", "yes");
+	$git->command_oneline("config", "multiline.val", "hello\nmultiline.val=world");
 
 	my $conf = Git::Config->new();
 	ok($conf, "constructed a new Git::Config");
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ in_empty_repo sub {
 	is($unset, undef,
 	   "boolean thaw - not present");
 
+	like($conf->config("multiline.val"), qr{\n},
+	     "parsing multi-line values");
+
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.intval", "12g");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.falseval", "false");
 	$git->command_oneline("config", "foo.trueval", "on");
-- 
debian.1.5.6.1
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Message 4 of 13 in “perl: add new module Git::Config for cached 'git config' access”
  1. perl: add new module Git::Config for cached 'git config' accessSam Vilain, Apr 5, 2009
  2. perl: make Git.pm use new Git::Config moduleSam Vilain, Apr 5, 2009
  3. Frank LichtenheldApr 6, 2009
  4. Sam VilainApr 6, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiApr 7, 2009
  6. Sam VilainApr 8, 2009
  7. Jakub NarebskiApr 8, 2009
  8. Sam VilainApr 8, 2009
  9. Jakub NarebskiApr 8, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  11. Sam VilainApr 8, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  13. Petr BaudisApr 8, 2009

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