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[PATCH 0/5] resolve checkout-index --temp path mangling

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Dec 24, 2014, 09:43 UTC
Message-ID
<1419414196-58587-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

This patch series fixes a path mangling bug in checkout-index --temp reported by Russ Cox[1]. As a bonus, it also squashes a bug in which checkout-index was accessing and printing memory beyond end-of-string.

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/261739
Eric Sunshine (5):
  t2004: modernize style
  t2004: drop unnecessary write-tree/read-tree
  t2004: standardize file naming in symlink test
  t2004: demonstrate broken relative path printing
  checkout-index: fix --temp relative path mangling
 builtin/checkout-index.c       |  16 +-
 t/t2004-checkout-cache-temp.sh | 400 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-)
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2.2.1.267.g0ad48de
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Message 1 of 8 in “resolve checkout-index --temp path mangling”
  1. 0/5 resolve checkout-index --temp path manglingEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  2. 1/5 t2004: modernize styleEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  3. 2/5 t2004: drop unnecessary write-tree/read-treeEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  4. 3/5 t2004: standardize file naming in symlink testEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  5. 4/5 t2004: demonstrate broken relative path printingEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  6. 5/5 checkout-index: fix --temp relative path manglingEric Sunshine, Dec 24, 2014
  7. Eric SunshineDec 28, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2014

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