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Re: [JGIT PATCH] Fixed a bug that caused tabs in ~/.ssh/config to break parsing

From
Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date
Sep 20, 2008, 22:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20080920222958.GA18981@diku.dk>
In-Reply-To
<12219428213749-git-send-email-ggoudsmit@shebang.nl>
Gilion Goudsmit <ggoudsmit@shebang.nl> wrote Sat, Sep 20, 2008:
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> Having only tab-characters separating a key and value in the
> users ~/.ssh/config would cause the config-parser to fail with
> a "String index out of range: -1" exception. Also simplified
> the line parsing code my using a two argument split.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gilion Goudsmit <ggoudsmit@shebang.nl>
> ---
With the following on top, the code will also pass the updated test for:
	Host	= somewhere
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/transport/OpenSshConfig.java b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/transport/OpenSshConfig.java
index 5bfcf5f..a9c6c12 100644
--- a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/transport/OpenSshConfig.java
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/transport/OpenSshConfig.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public Host lookup(final String hostName) {
 			if (line.length() == 0 || line.startsWith("#"))
 				continue;
 
-			final String[] parts = line.split("[ \t=]", 2);
+			final String[] parts = line.split("[ \t]*[= \t]", 2);
 			final String keyword = parts[0].trim();
 			final String argValue = parts[1].trim();
-- 
Jonas Fonseca
Previous: Robin RosenbergNext: Jonas Fonseca
Message 5 of 16 in “Fixed a bug that caused tabs in ~/.ssh/config to break parsing”
  1. Fixed a bug that caused tabs in ~/.ssh/config to break parsingGilion Goudsmit, Sep 20, 2008
  2. Add test for OpenSshConfig separator parsingJonas Fonseca, Sep 20, 2008
  3. Add test for OpenSshConfig separator parsingJonas Fonseca, Sep 20, 2008
  4. Robin RosenbergSep 20, 2008
  5. Jonas FonsecaSep 20, 2008
  6. Test and fix handling of quotes in ~/.ssh/configJonas Fonseca, Sep 21, 2008
  7. Robin RosenbergSep 22, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceSep 22, 2008
  9. Jonas FonsecaSep 24, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceSep 24, 2008
  11. Add tests for handling of parsing errors in OpenSshConfigJonas Fonseca, Sep 25, 2008
  12. Robin RosenbergSep 25, 2008
  13. Improve handling of parsing errors in OpenSshConfigJonas Fonseca, Sep 25, 2008
  14. Jonas FonsecaSep 25, 2008
  15. Shawn O. PearceSep 25, 2008
  16. Robin RosenbergSep 25, 2008

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