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[PATCH 43/45] pathspec: make --literal-pathspecs disable pathspec magic

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 9, 2013, 06:26 UTC
Message-ID
<1370759178-1709-44-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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--literal-pathspecs and its equivalent environment variable are probably used for scripting. In that setting, pathspec magic may be unwanted. Disabling globbing in individual pathspec can be done via :(literal) magic.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git.txt      | 4 ++--
 pathspec.c                 | 2 +-
 t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 68f1ee6..a3fbc59 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ help ...`.
 	linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
 
 --literal-pathspecs::
-	Treat pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. This is
-	equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
+	Treat pathspecs literally (i.e. no globbing, no pathspec magic).
+	This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
 	variable to `1`.
 
 
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index cc6545f..9802829 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
 	if (literal_global)
 		global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
 
-	if (elt[0] != ':') {
+	if (elt[0] != ':' || literal_global) {
 		; /* nothing to do */
 	} else if (elt[1] == '(') {
 		/* longhand */
diff --git a/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh b/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
index 49c148e..8551b02 100755
--- a/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
+++ b/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ test_expect_success 'no-glob option matches literally (bracket)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'no-glob option disables :(literal)' '
+	: >expect &&
+	git --literal-pathspecs log --format=%s -- ":(literal)foo" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'no-glob environment variable works' '
 	echo star >expect &&
 	GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS=1 git log --format=%s -- "f*" >actual &&

-- 
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  1. 00/45 "struct pathspec" conversion and :(glob)Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  2. 01/45 clean: remove unused variable "seen"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  3. 02/45 Move struct pathspec and related functions to pathspec.[ch]Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  4. 03/45 pathspec: i18n-ize error strings in pathspec parsing codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  5. 04/45 pathspec: add copy_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  6. Eric SunshineJun 9, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2013
  8. 05/45 Add parse_pathspec() that converts cmdline args to struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  9. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  10. 06/45 parse_pathspec: save original pathspec for reportingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  11. 07/45 parse_pathspec: add PATHSPEC_PREFER_{CWD,FULL}Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  12. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  13. 08/45 Convert some get_pathspec() calls to parse_pathspec()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  14. 09/45 parse_pathspec: a special flag for max_depth featureNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  15. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  16. 10/45 parse_pathspec: support stripping submodule trailing slashesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  17. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  18. 11/45 parse_pathspec: support stripping/checking submodule pathsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  19. 12/45 parse_pathspec: support prefixing original patternsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  20. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  21. 13/45 Guard against new pathspec magic in pathspec matching codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  22. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2013
  23. 14/45 clean: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  24. 15/45 commit: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  25. 16/45 status: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  26. 17/45 rerere: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  27. 18/45 checkout: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  28. 19/45 rm: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  29. 20/45 ls-files: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  30. 21/45 archive: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  31. 22/45 check-ignore: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  32. 23/45 add: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  33. 24/45 reset: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  34. 25/45 line-log: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  35. 26/45 Convert read_cache_preload() to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  36. 27/45 Convert run_add_interactive to use struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  37. 28/45 Convert unmerge_cache to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  38. 29/45 checkout: convert read_tree_some to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  39. 30/45 Convert report_path_error to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  40. 31/45 Convert refresh_index to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  41. 32/45 Convert {read,fill}_directory to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  42. 33/45 Convert add_files_to_cache to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  43. 34/45 Convert common_prefix() to use struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  44. 35/45 Remove diff_tree_{setup,release}_pathsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  45. 36/45 Remove init_pathspec() in favor of parse_pathspec()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  46. 37/45 Remove match_pathspec() in favor of match_pathspec_depth()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  47. 38/45 tree-diff: remove the use of pathspec's raw[] in follow-rename codepathNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  48. 39/45 parse_pathspec: make sure the prefix part is wildcard-freeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  49. 40/45 parse_pathspec: preserve prefix length via PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGINNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  50. 41/45 Kill limit_pathspec_to_literal() as it's only used by parse_pathspec()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  51. 42/45 pathspec: support :(literal) syntax for noglob pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  52. 43/45 pathspec: make --literal-pathspecs disable pathspec magicNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  53. 44/45 pathspec: support :(glob) syntaxNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013
  54. 45/45 Rename field "raw" to "_raw" in struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 9, 2013

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