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[PATCH v3 22/23] git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docs

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Aug 4, 2011, 04:36 UTC
Message-ID
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According to the git-check-attr synopsis, if the '--stdin' option is used then no pathnames are expected on the command line. Change the behavior to match this description; namely, if '--stdin' is used but not '--', then treat all command-line arguments as attribute names.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 Documentation/git-check-attr.txt |    7 +++++--
 builtin/check-attr.c             |   15 +++++++++------
 t/t0003-attributes.sh            |    1 -
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 798e5d5..1f7312a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 \--::
 	Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
-	arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will
-	be treated as an attribute.
+	arguments as path names.
+
+If none of `--stdin`, `--all`, or `--` is used, the first argument
+will be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as
+pathnames.
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index b0d2ebc..f20772a 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -111,15 +111,18 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	} else if (doubledash == 0) {
 		error_with_usage("No attribute specified");
 	} else if (doubledash < 0) {
-		/*
-		 * There is no double dash; treat the first
-		 * argument as an attribute.
-		 */
 		if (!argc)
 			error_with_usage("No attribute specified");
 
-		cnt = 1;
-		filei = 1;
+		if (stdin_paths) {
+			/* Treat all arguments as attribute names. */
+			cnt = argc;
+			filei = argc;
+		} else {
+			/* Treat exactly one argument as an attribute name. */
+			cnt = 1;
+			filei = 1;
+		}
 	} else {
 		cnt = doubledash;
 		filei = doubledash + 1;
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index a49f8a9..5acb2d5 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ test_expect_success 'command line checks' '
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin -- f &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin test -- f &&
-	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin test f &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr "" -- f
 
 '
-- 
1.7.6.8.gd2879
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Message 23 of 24 in “Add --all option to git-check-attr”
  1. 00/23 Add --all option to git-check-attrMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  2. 01/23 doc: Add a link from gitattributes(5) to git-check-attr(1)Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  3. 02/23 doc: Correct git_attr() calls in example codeMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  4. 03/23 Remove anachronism from commentMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  5. 04/23 Disallow the empty string as an attribute nameMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  6. 05/23 git-check-attr: Add missing "&&"Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  7. 06/23 git-check-attr: Add tests of command-line parsingMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  8. 07/23 Provide access to the name attribute of git_attrMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  9. 08/23 git-check-attr: Use git_attr_name()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  10. 09/23 Teach prepare_attr_stack() to figure out dirlen itselfMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  11. 10/23 Extract a function collect_all_attrs()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  12. 11/23 Remove redundant call to bootstrap_attr_stack()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  13. 12/23 Remove redundant checkMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  14. 13/23 Allow querying all attributes on a fileMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  15. 14/23 git-check-attr: Extract a function output_attr()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  16. 15/23 git-check-attr: Introduce a new variableMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  17. 16/23 git-check-attr: Extract a function error_with_usage()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  18. 17/23 git-check-attr: Handle each error separatelyMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  19. 18/23 git-check-attr: Process command-line args more systematicallyMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  20. 19/23 git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specifiedMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  21. 20/23 git-check-attr: Add an --all option to show all attributesMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  22. 21/23 git-check-attr: Drive two tests using the same raw dataMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  23. 22/23 git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docsMichael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011
  24. 23/23 Rename git_checkattr() to git_check_attr()Michael Haggerty, Aug 4, 2011

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