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[PATCH 6/6] git-local-fetch: Avoid confusing error messages on packed repositories

From
Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
Date
Sep 23, 2005, 12:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20050923122838.5107AE010FC@center4.mivlgu.local>
In-Reply-To
<20050923122754.GB2197@master.mivlgu.local>

If the source repository was packed, and git-local-fetch needed to fetch a pack file, it spewed a misleading error message about not being able to find the unpacked object. Fixed by adding the warn_if_not_exists argument to copy_file(), which controls printing of error messages in case the source file does not exist.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
---
 local-fetch.c |   17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
3417063eaaf7a9293621a72c8b5df4653daf04ea
diff --git a/local-fetch.c b/local-fetch.c
--- a/local-fetch.c
+++ b/local-fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ static int setup_indices(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, const char *hex)
+static int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, const char *hex,
+		     int warn_if_not_exists)
 {
 	if (use_link) {
 		if (!link(source, dest)) {
@@ -61,13 +62,16 @@ static int copy_file(const char *source,
 		}
 		/* If we got ENOENT there is no point continuing. */
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "does not exist %s\n", source);
+			if (warn_if_not_exists)
+				fprintf(stderr, "does not exist %s\n", source);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 	if (use_symlink) {
 		struct stat st;
 		if (stat(source, &st)) {
+			if (!warn_if_not_exists && errno == ENOENT)
+				return -1;
 			fprintf(stderr, "cannot stat %s: %s\n", source,
 				strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
@@ -83,8 +87,11 @@ static int copy_file(const char *source,
 		void *map;
 		ifd = open(source, O_RDONLY);
 		if (ifd < 0 || fstat(ifd, &st) < 0) {
+			int err = errno;
 			if (ifd >= 0)
 				close(ifd);
+			if (!warn_if_not_exists && err == ENOENT)
+				return -1;
 			fprintf(stderr, "cannot open %s\n", source);
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -129,11 +136,11 @@ static int fetch_pack(const unsigned cha
 	sprintf(filename, "%s/objects/pack/pack-%s.pack", 
 		path, sha1_to_hex(target->sha1));
 	copy_file(filename, sha1_pack_name(target->sha1),
-		  sha1_to_hex(target->sha1));
+		  sha1_to_hex(target->sha1), 1);
 	sprintf(filename, "%s/objects/pack/pack-%s.idx", 
 		path, sha1_to_hex(target->sha1));
 	copy_file(filename, sha1_pack_index_name(target->sha1),
-		  sha1_to_hex(target->sha1));
+		  sha1_to_hex(target->sha1), 1);
 	install_packed_git(target);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ static int fetch_file(const unsigned cha
 	filename[object_name_start+1] = hex[1];
 	filename[object_name_start+2] = '/';
 	strcpy(filename + object_name_start + 3, hex + 2);
-	return copy_file(filename, dest_filename, hex);
+	return copy_file(filename, dest_filename, hex, 0);
 }
 
 int fetch(unsigned char *sha1)
Previous: Sergey Vlasov
Message 7 of 7 in “More fetch fixes”
  1. 0/6 More fetch fixesSergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  2. 1/6 fetch.c: Do not build object ref listsSergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  3. 2/6 fetch.c: Plug memory leak in process_tree()Sergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  4. 3/6 git-local-fetch: Fix error checking and leak in setup_indices()Sergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  5. 4/6 git-local-fetch: Avoid calling close(-1)Sergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  6. 5/6 Fix "git-local-fetch -s" with packed source repositorySergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005
  7. 6/6 git-local-fetch: Avoid confusing error messages on packed repositoriesSergey Vlasov, Sep 23, 2005

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