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Re: cg-init bug -- identified

From
TMTommy M. McGuire <mcguire@crsr.net>
Date
Jun 5, 2005, 19:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20050605190938.GB21345@immutable.crsr.net>
In-Reply-To
<20050605184341.GA21345@immutable.crsr.net>
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:43:41PM -0500, Tommy M. McGuire wrote:
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> Adding file foo'prime
> xargs: unmatched single quote
> + cg-commit -C '-mInitial commit' -E
> 
> The error is the second-to-last line.  It partially succeeded originally
> because xargs broke off and handled parts of the input before reaching 
> the single quote.
The bug is in cg-add, which doesn't use -print0 and -0.
-- 
Tommy McGuire

diff --git a/cg-add b/cg-add
--- a/cg-add
+++ b/cg-add
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ USAGE="cg-add FILE..."
 [ "$1" ] || usage
 
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp -t gitadd.XXXXXX)
-find "$@" -type f > $TMPFILE || die "not all files exist, nothing added"
+find "$@" -type f -print0 > $TMPFILE || die "not all files exist, nothing added"
 
-cat $TMPFILE | awk '{print "Adding file "  $0}'
-cat $TMPFILE | xargs git-update-cache --add --
+cat $TMPFILE | xargs -0l1 echo "Adding file "
+cat $TMPFILE | xargs -0 git-update-cache --add --
 
 rm $TMPFILE
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  1. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  2. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJun 5, 2005
  3. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  4. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJun 5, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  6. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  8. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  9. Tommy M. McGuireJun 5, 2005
  10. Tommy M. McGuireJun 5, 2005
  11. Re: cg-init bug -- identifiedTommy M. McGuire, Jun 5, 2005
  12. Make cg-add use xargs -0Dan Holmsand, Jun 5, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  14. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2005

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