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[PATCH 1/3] read_revision_from_stdin(): use strbuf

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 20, 2009, 11:25 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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It is so 2005 (and Linus ;-) to have a fixed 1000-byte buffer that reads from the user. Let's use strbuf to unlimit the input length.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 revision.c |   18 ++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 45c5de8..f5b735f 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -955,19 +955,21 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg, struct rev_info *revs,
 
 static void read_revisions_from_stdin(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
-	char line[1000];
+	struct strbuf sb;
 
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin) != NULL) {
-		int len = strlen(line);
-		if (len && line[len - 1] == '\n')
-			line[--len] = '\0';
+	strbuf_init(&sb, 1000);
+	while (strbuf_getwholeline(&sb, stdin, '\n') != EOF) {
+		int len = sb.len;
+		if (len && sb.buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+			sb.buf[--len] = '\0';
 		if (!len)
 			break;
-		if (line[0] == '-')
+		if (sb.buf[0] == '-')
 			die("options not supported in --stdin mode");
-		if (handle_revision_arg(line, revs, 0, 1))
-			die("bad revision '%s'", line);
+		if (handle_revision_arg(sb.buf, revs, 0, 1))
+			die("bad revision '%s'", sb.buf);
 	}
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
 
 static void add_grep(struct rev_info *revs, const char *ptn, enum grep_pat_token what)
-- 
1.6.5.3.342.g14bb9
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  2. 1/3 read_revision_from_stdin(): use strbufJunio C Hamano, Nov 20, 2009
  3. 2/3 setup_revisions(): do not call get_pathspec() too earlyJunio C Hamano, Nov 20, 2009
  4. 3/3 Make --stdin option to "log" family read also pathspecsJunio C Hamano, Nov 20, 2009
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