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[PATCH 7/9] mv ":" ":" is like moving nothing from nowhere to nowhere

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 10, 2011, 05:51 UTC
Message-ID
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Make sure the code can deal with get_pathspec() that returns nothing. Strictly speaking it may be a user error, but that is not an excuse to dump core.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/mv.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index 93e8995..38af9f0 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die("index file corrupt");
 
 	source = copy_pathspec(prefix, argv, argc, 0);
-	modes = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(enum update_mode));
+	if (!source)
+		die("copying from nowhere?");
+	modes = xcalloc(count_pathspec(source), sizeof(enum update_mode));
 	dest_path = copy_pathspec(prefix, argv + argc, 1, 0);
+	if (!dest_path)
+		die("copying to nowhere?");
 
 	if (dest_path[0][0] == '\0')
 		/* special case: "." was normalized to "" */
-- 
1.7.5.1.290.g1b565
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Message 18 of 28 in “t3703: add test cases for pathspec magic”
  1. t3703: add test cases for pathspec magicNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 7, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2011
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 8, 2011
  4. t3703, t4208: add test cases for magic pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 8, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2011
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 9, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2011
  9. 0/9 magic pathspec updatesJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  10. 1/9 grep: use get_pathspec() correctlyJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  11. 2/9 get_pathspec(): an empty ':' pathspec should stand aloneJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  12. 3/9 count_pathspec(): return number of elements in pathspecJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 10, 2011
  14. 4/9 add ":" is a pathspec that is too wideJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  15. 5/9 git rm ":" is like specifying nothingJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  16. 6/9 clean ":" is like specifying nothingJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  17. Thiago FarinaMay 10, 2011
  18. 7/9 mv ":" ":" is like moving nothing from nowhere to nowhereJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 10, 2011
  20. 8/9 checkout ":" is not giving any pathspecJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  21. 9/9 t3703, t4208: add test cases for magic pathspecJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2011
  22. t3703: Skip tests using directory name ":" on WindowsJohannes Sixt, May 12, 2011
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 29, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2011
  25. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 29, 2011
  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 10, 2011
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2011
  28. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 11, 2011

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