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[PATCH v9 3/5] cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' option

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 29, 2015, 12:53 UTC
Message-ID
<1430312006-23323-1-git-send-email-karthik.188@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Currently 'git cat-file' throws an error while trying to print the type or size of a broken/corrupt object. This is because these objects are usually of unknown types.

Teach git cat-file a '--allow-unkown-type' option where it prints the type or size of a broken/corrupt object without throwing an error.

Modify '-t' and '-s' options to call sha1_object_info_extended() directly to support the '--allow-unkown-type' option.

Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/cat-file.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 53b5376..299e2e5 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@
 #include "userdiff.h"
 #include "streaming.h"
 
-static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
+static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name,
+			int unkown_type)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	enum object_type type;
 	char *buf;
 	unsigned long size;
 	struct object_context obj_context;
+	struct object_info oi = {NULL};
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	unsigned flags = LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT;
+
+	if (unkown_type)
+		flags |= LOOKUP_UNKNOWN_OBJECT;
 
 	if (get_sha1_with_context(obj_name, 0, sha1, &obj_context))
 		die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name);
@@ -23,20 +30,22 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name)
 	buf = NULL;
 	switch (opt) {
 	case 't':
-		type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL);
-		if (type > 0) {
-			printf("%s\n", typename(type));
+		oi.typename = &sb;
+		if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+			die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+		if (sb.len) {
+			printf("%s\n", sb.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&sb);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case 's':
-		type = sha1_object_info(sha1, &size);
-		if (type > 0) {
-			printf("%lu\n", size);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		break;
+		oi.sizep = &size;
+		if (sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi, flags) < 0)
+			die("git cat-file: could not get object info");
+		printf("%lu\n", size);
+		return 0;
 
 	case 'e':
 		return !has_sha1_file(sha1);
@@ -323,7 +332,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
-	N_("git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unkown-type]|-s [--allow-unkown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
 	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"),
 	NULL
 };
@@ -359,6 +368,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int opt = 0;
 	const char *exp_type = NULL, *obj_name = NULL;
 	struct batch_options batch = {0};
+	int unkown_type = 0;
 
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("<type> can be one of: blob, tree, commit, tag")),
@@ -369,6 +379,8 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_CMDMODE('p', NULL, &opt, N_("pretty-print object's content"), 'p'),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "textconv", &opt,
 			    N_("for blob objects, run textconv on object's content"), 'c'),
+		OPT_BOOL( 0, "allow-unkown-type", &unkown_type,
+			  N_("allow -s and -t to work with broken/corrupt objects")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "batch", &batch, "format",
 			N_("show info and content of objects fed from the standard input"),
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, batch_option_callback },
@@ -402,5 +414,7 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (batch.enabled)
 		return batch_objects(&batch);
 
-	return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name);
+	if (unkown_type && opt != 't' && opt != 's')
+		die("git cat-file --allow-unkown-type: use with -s or -t");
+	return cat_one_file(opt, exp_type, obj_name, unkown_type);
 }
-- 
2.4.0.rc1.250.g565e85b
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  1. 0/5 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unkown-type' optionkarthik nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  2. 1/5 sha1_file: support reading from a loose object of unknown typeKarthik Nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2015
  4. karthik nayakApr 29, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2015
  6. karthik nayakApr 30, 2015
  7. 2/5 cat-file: make the options mutually exclusiveKarthik Nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  8. 3/5 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' optionKarthik Nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2015
  10. karthik nayakApr 29, 2015
  11. Phil HordApr 29, 2015
  12. karthik nayakApr 29, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2015
  14. 5/5 t1006: add tests for git cat-file --allow-unkown-typeKarthik Nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  15. Eric SunshineApr 29, 2015
  16. 4/5 cat-file: add documentation for '--allow-unkown-type' option.Karthik Nayak, Apr 29, 2015
  17. Eric SunshineApr 29, 2015

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