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[PATCH 15/19] git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specified

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Jul 26, 2011, 14:12 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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If no pathnames are passed as command-line arguments and the --stdin option is not specified, fail with the error message "No file specified". Add tests of this behavior.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---

The documentation seems to require at least one pathname, and other git commands seem to insist on pathname lists not being empty. Add a similar test to git-check-attr. If it is considered likely that people depend on the current behavior, I have no problem with skipping this patch.

 builtin/check-attr.c  |    9 +++++++--
 t/t0003-attributes.sh |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index e9b827f..6cf6421 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -111,8 +111,13 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	/* Check file argument(s): */
-	if (stdin_paths && filei < argc)
-		error_with_usage("Can't specify files with --stdin");
+	if (stdin_paths) {
+		if (filei < argc)
+			error_with_usage("Can't specify files with --stdin");
+	} else {
+		if (filei >= argc)
+			error_with_usage("No file specified");
+	}
 
 	check = xcalloc(cnt, sizeof(*check));
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index f1debeb..2254005 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ test_expect_success 'command line checks' '
 
 	test_must_fail git check-attr &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr -- &&
+	test_must_fail git check-attr test &&
+	test_must_fail git check-attr test -- &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr -- f &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin -- f &&
-- 
1.7.6.8.gd2879
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Message 19 of 24 in “Add --all option to git-check-attr”
  1. 00/19 Add --all option to git-check-attrMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  2. 01/19 doc: Add a link from gitattributes(5) to git-check-attr(1)Michael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  3. 02/19 doc: Correct git_attr() calls in example codeMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  4. 03/19 Remove anachronism from commentMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  5. 04/19 Disallow the empty string as an attribute nameMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  7. 05/19 git-check-attr: Add missing "&&"Michael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  8. 06/19 git-check-attr: Add tests of command-line parsingMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  9. 07/19 Provide access to the name attribute of git_attrMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  11. Michael HaggertyJul 28, 2011
  12. 08/19 git-check-attr: Use git_attr_name()Michael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  13. 09/19 Allow querying all attributes on a fileMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  14. 10/19 git-check-attr: Extract a function output_attr()Michael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  15. 11/19 git-check-attr: Introduce a new variableMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  16. 12/19 git-check-attr: Extract a function error_with_usage()Michael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  17. 13/19 git-check-attr: Handle each error separatelyMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  18. 14/19 git-check-attr: Process command-line args more systematicallyMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  19. 15/19 git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specifiedMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  20. 16/19 git-check-attr: Add an --all option to show all attributesMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  21. Michael HaggertyJul 28, 2011
  22. 17/19 git-check-attr: Drive two tests using the same raw dataMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  23. 18/19 git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docsMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011
  24. 19/19 Rename struct git_attr_check to git_attr_valueMichael Haggerty, Jul 26, 2011

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