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[PATCH] mv: let 'git mv file no-such-dir/' error out

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Dec 3, 2013, 08:32 UTC
Message-ID
<1386059524-14442-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Git used to trim the trailing slash, and make the command equivalent to 'git mv file no-such-dir', which created the file no-such-dir (while the trailing slash explicitly stated that it could only be a directory).

This patch skips the trailing slash removal for the destination path. The path with its trailing slash is passed to rename(2), which errors out with the appropriate message:

  $ git mv file no-such-dir/
  fatal: renaming 'file' failed: Not a directory
Original-patch-by: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Tests, tweaks and commit message by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 builtin/mv.c  | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 t/t7001-mv.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index 2e0e61b..08fbc03 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ static const char * const builtin_mv_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+#define DUP_BASENAME 1
+#define KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH 2
+
 static const char **internal_copy_pathspec(const char *prefix,
 					   const char **pathspec,
-					   int count, int base_name)
+					   int count, unsigned flags)
 {
 	int i;
 	const char **result = xmalloc((count + 1) * sizeof(const char *));
@@ -27,11 +30,12 @@ static const char **internal_copy_pathspec(const char *prefix,
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		int length = strlen(result[i]);
 		int to_copy = length;
-		while (to_copy > 0 && is_dir_sep(result[i][to_copy - 1]))
+		while (!(flags & KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH) &&
+		       to_copy > 0 && is_dir_sep(result[i][to_copy - 1]))
 			to_copy--;
-		if (to_copy != length || base_name) {
+		if (to_copy != length || flags & DUP_BASENAME) {
 			char *it = xmemdupz(result[i], to_copy);
-			if (base_name) {
+			if (flags & DUP_BASENAME) {
 				result[i] = xstrdup(basename(it));
 				free(it);
 			} else
@@ -87,16 +91,21 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	source = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv, argc, 0);
 	modes = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(enum update_mode));
-	dest_path = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv + argc, 1, 0);
+	/*
+	 * Keep trailing slash, needed to let
+	 * "git mv file no-such-dir/" error out.
+	 */
+	dest_path = internal_copy_pathspec(prefix, argv + argc, 1,
+					   KEEP_TRAILING_SLASH);
 	submodule_gitfile = xcalloc(argc, sizeof(char *));
 
 	if (dest_path[0][0] == '\0')
 		/* special case: "." was normalized to "" */
-		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
+		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, DUP_BASENAME);
 	else if (!lstat(dest_path[0], &st) &&
 			S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 		dest_path[0] = add_slash(dest_path[0]);
-		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, 1);
+		destination = internal_copy_pathspec(dest_path[0], argv, argc, DUP_BASENAME);
 	} else {
 		if (argc != 1)
 			die("destination '%s' is not a directory", dest_path[0]);
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index b90e985..e5c8084 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ rm -f idontexist untracked1 untracked2 \
      .git/index.lock
 
 test_expect_success \
+    'moving to target with trailing slash' \
+    'test_must_fail git mv path0/COPYING no-such-dir/ &&
+     test_must_fail git mv path0/COPYING no-such-dir// &&
+     git mv path0/ no-such-dir/'
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'clean up' \
+    'git reset --hard'
+
+test_expect_success \
     'adding another file' \
     'cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../README path0/README &&
      git add path0/README &&
-- 
1.8.5.rc3.4.g8bd3721
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  1. mv: let 'git mv file no-such-dir/' error outMatthieu Moy, Dec 3, 2013
  2. Duy NguyenDec 3, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoyDec 4, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenDec 4, 2013
  5. mv: let 'git mv file no-such-dir/' error outMatthieu Moy, Dec 4, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2013
  7. Matthieu MoyDec 4, 2013
  8. mv: let 'git mv file no-such-dir/' error out on Windows, tooJohannes Sixt, Jan 8, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2014
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