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[PATCH 1/6] gitweb.perl : added ability to "git archive" just certain paths (files or subdirs, not whole repo) via gitweb interface

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JKJim Klimov <jim@jimklimov.com>
Date
Mar 11, 2016, 13:24 UTC
Message-ID
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---
 gitweb/gitweb.perl | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 05d7910..030d429 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -7328,6 +7328,15 @@ sub git_snapshot {
 		die_error(403, "Unsupported snapshot format");
 	}
 
+	if (!defined($hash)) {
+		$hash="";
+		if ( $file_name && $file_name =~ /^([^:]*):(.*)$/ ) {
+			$hash = "$1";
+			$file_name = "$2";
+		}
+		if ( $hash eq "") { $hash = "HEAD"; }
+		printf STDERR "Defaulted hash to '$hash' ('h=' URL argument was missing)\n";
+	}
 	my $type = git_get_type("$hash^{}");
 	if (!$type) {
 		die_error(404, 'Object does not exist');
@@ -7345,6 +7354,14 @@ sub git_snapshot {
 		git_cmd(), 'archive',
 		"--format=$known_snapshot_formats{$format}{'format'}",
 		"--prefix=$prefix/", $hash);
+	if ($file_name) {
+		# To fetch several pathnames use space-separation, e.g.
+		# "...git-web?p=proj.git;a=snapshot;f=file1%20file2
+		# To fetch pathnames with spaces, escape them, e.g.
+		# "...git-web?p=proj.git;a=snapshot;f=file\%20name
+		$cmd .= " " . $file_name;
+	}
+
 	if (exists $known_snapshot_formats{$format}{'compressor'}) {
 		$cmd .= ' | ' . quote_command(@{$known_snapshot_formats{$format}{'compressor'}});
 	}
-- 
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  1. 1/6 gitweb.perl : added ability to "git archive" just certain paths (files or subdirs, not whole repo) via gitweb interfaceJim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016
  2. 2/6 gitweb.perl : added ability to debug requests coming through gitweb interface by adding an option to request URL (also requires server-side envvar "GITWEB_MAY_DEBUG=yes")Jim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016
  3. 3/6 gitweb.perl : added ability to DEBUG progression through "git archive"Jim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016
  4. 4/6 gitweb.perl support for snapshots with lists of specified files is now testedJim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016
  5. 5/6 gitweb.perl changed (and tested) to return HTTP-404 when missing objects are requested via snapshotJim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016
  6. 6/6 gitweb.perl : the optional DEBUG functionality is now unit-testedJim Klimov, Mar 11, 2016

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