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[PATCH] make config --add behave correctly for empty and NULL values

From
Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 18, 2014, 10:17 UTC
Message-ID
<1408357077-4745-1-git-send-email-tanayabh@gmail.com>
Currently if we have a config file like,
[foo]
        baz
        bar =

and we try something like, "git config --add foo.baz roll", Git will segfault. Moreover, for "git config --add foo.bar roll", it will overwrite the original value instead of appending after the existing empty value.

The problem lies with the regexp used for simulating --add in `git_config_set_multivar_in_file()`, "^$", which in ideal case should not match with any string but is true for empty strings. Instead use a regexp like "a^" which can not be true for any string, empty or not.

For removing the segfault add a check for NULL values in `matches()` in config.c.

Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/config.c        |  2 +-
 config.c                |  2 +-
 t/t1303-wacky-config.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index fcd8474..b9e7dce 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		check_argc(argc, 2, 2);
 		value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]);
 		return git_config_set_multivar_in_file(given_config_source.file,
-						       argv[0], value, "^$", 0);
+						       argv[0], value, "a^", 0);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_REPLACE_ALL) {
 		check_write();
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 058505c..67a7729 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static int matches(const char *key, const char *value)
 	return !strcmp(key, store.key) &&
 		(store.value_regex == NULL ||
 		 (store.do_not_match ^
-		  !regexec(store.value_regex, value, 0, NULL, 0)));
+		  (value && !regexec(store.value_regex, value, 0, NULL, 0))));
 }
 
 static int store_aux(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
diff --git a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
index 3a2c819..3b92083 100755
--- a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
@@ -111,4 +111,24 @@ test_expect_success 'unset many entries' '
 	test_must_fail git config section.key
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--add appends new value after existing empty value' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+
+
+	fool
+	roll
+	EOF
+	cp .git/config .git/config.old &&
+	test_when_finished "mv .git/config.old .git/config" &&
+	cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
+	[foo]
+		baz
+		baz =
+		baz = fool
+	EOF
+	git config --add foo.baz roll &&
+	git config --get-all foo.baz >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.9.0.GIT
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  1. make config --add behave correctly for empty and NULL valuesTanay Abhra, Aug 18, 2014
  2. Matthieu MoyAug 18, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2014
  4. Jeff KingAug 19, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2014
  6. Jeff KingAug 19, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2014
  8. Jeff KingSep 12, 2014
  9. 1/2 document irregular config --add behaviour for empty and NULL valuesTanay Abhra, Sep 12, 2014
  10. 2/2 make config --add behave correctly for empty and NULL valuesTanay Abhra, Sep 12, 2014
  11. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2014

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