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Re: [PATCH 4/5] Test and fix normalize_path_copy()

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Feb 8, 2009, 15:50 UTC
Message-ID
<200902081650.22068.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To
<498EF028.3040702@lsrfire.ath.cx>
On Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009, René Scharfe wrote:
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> Johannes Sixt schrieb:
> > Moreover, the test case descriptions of t0060 now include the test data
> > and expected outcome.
>
> The test still fails in a lot of cases for me, because "/" is translated to
> the installation path of msys.
To fix t0060 on Windows was not even on the radar of this series.

That said, I'm slowly working on a series that fixes or skips many tests on Windows. I currently have the patch below in my tree.

-- Hannes
diff --git a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
index 4ed1f0b..dd2d241 100755
--- a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
+++ b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
@@ -7,41 +7,89 @@ test_description='Test various path utilities'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-norm_abs() {
-	test_expect_success "normalize absolute: $1 => $2" \
+norm_path() {
+	test_expect_success "normalize path: $1 => $2" \
 	"test \"\$(test-path-utils normalize_path_copy '$1')\" = '$2'"
 }
+xnorm_path() { say fix this: "$*"; }
+
+# On Windows, we are using MSYS's bash, which mangles the paths.
+# Absolute paths are anchored at the MSYS installation directory,
+# which means that the path / accounts for this many characters:
+rootoff=$(test-path-utils normalize_path_copy / | wc -c)
+# Account for the trailing LF:
+if test "$rootoff" = 2; then
+	rootoff=	# we are on Unix
+else
+	rootoff=$(($rootoff-1))
+fi
 
 ancestor() {
-	test_expect_success "longest ancestor: $1 $2 => $3" \
-	"test \"\$(test-path-utils longest_ancestor_length '$1' '$2')\" = '$3'"
+	# We do some math with the expected ancestor length.
+	expected=$3
+	if test -n "$rootoff" && ! test "$expected" = -1; then
+		expected=$(($expected+$rootoff))
+	fi
+	test_expect_success "longest ancestor: $1 $2 => $expected" \
+	"actual=\$(test-path-utils longest_ancestor_length '$1' '$2') &&
+	 test \"\$actual\" = '$expected'"
 }
 
-norm_abs "" ""
-norm_abs / /
-norm_abs // /
-norm_abs /// /
-norm_abs /. /
-norm_abs /./ /
-norm_abs /./.. ++failed++
-norm_abs /../. ++failed++
-norm_abs /./../.// ++failed++
-norm_abs /dir/.. /
-norm_abs /dir/sub/../.. /
-norm_abs /dir/sub/../../.. ++failed++
-norm_abs /dir /dir
-norm_abs /dir// /dir/
-norm_abs /./dir /dir
-norm_abs /dir/. /dir/
-norm_abs /dir///./ /dir/
-norm_abs /dir//sub/.. /dir/
-norm_abs /dir/sub/../ /dir/
-norm_abs //dir/sub/../. /dir/
-norm_abs /dir/s1/../s2/ /dir/s2/
-norm_abs /d1/s1///s2/..//../s3/ /d1/s3/
-norm_abs /d1/s1//../s2/../../d2 /d2
-norm_abs /d1/.../d2 /d1/.../d2
-norm_abs /d1/..././../d2 /d1/d2
+do_abs=t
+case $(uname -s) in
+*MINGW*) do_abs=
+esac
+
+norm_path "" ""
+norm_path . ""
+norm_path ./ ""
+norm_path ./. ""
+norm_path .. ++failed++
+norm_path ../sub ++failed++
+norm_path dir/.. ""
+norm_path dir/sub/../.. ""
+norm_path dir/sub/../../.. ++failed++
+norm_path dir dir
+norm_path dir// dir/
+norm_path ./dir dir
+norm_path dir/. dir/
+norm_path dir///./ dir/
+norm_path dir//sub/.. dir/
+norm_path dir/sub/../ dir/
+norm_path dir/sub/../. dir/
+norm_path dir/s1/../s2/ dir/s2/
+norm_path d1/s1///s2/..//../s3/ d1/s3/
+norm_path d1/s1//../s2/../../d2 d2
+norm_path d1/.../d2 d1/.../d2
+norm_path d1/..././../d2 d1/d2
+
+if test -n "$do_abs"; then
+norm_path "" ""
+norm_path / /
+norm_path // /
+norm_path /// /
+norm_path /. /
+norm_path /./ /
+norm_path /./.. ++failed++
+norm_path /../. ++failed++
+norm_path /./../.// ++failed++
+norm_path /dir/.. /
+norm_path /dir/sub/../.. /
+norm_path /dir/sub/../../.. ++failed++
+norm_path /dir /dir
+norm_path /dir// /dir/
+norm_path /./dir /dir
+norm_path /dir/. /dir/
+norm_path /dir///./ /dir/
+norm_path /dir//sub/.. /dir/
+norm_path /dir/sub/../ /dir/
+norm_path //dir/sub/../. /dir/
+norm_path /dir/s1/../s2/ /dir/s2/
+norm_path /d1/s1///s2/..//../s3/ /d1/s3/
+norm_path /d1/s1//../s2/../../d2 /d2
+norm_path /d1/.../d2 /d1/.../d2
+norm_path /d1/..././../d2 /d1/d2
+fi
 
 ancestor / "" -1
 ancestor / / -1
@@ -80,9 +128,9 @@ ancestor /foo/bar /:/foo:/bar/ 4
 ancestor /foo/bar /foo:/:/bar/ 4
 ancestor /foo/bar /:/bar/:/fo 0
 ancestor /foo/bar /:/bar/ 0
-ancestor /foo/bar :://foo/. 4
-ancestor /foo/bar :://foo/.:: 4
-ancestor /foo/bar //foo/./::/bar 4
-ancestor /foo/bar ::/bar -1
+ancestor /foo/bar .:/foo/. 4
+ancestor /foo/bar .:/foo/.:.: 4
+ancestor /foo/bar /foo/./:.:/bar 4
+ancestor /foo/bar .:/bar -1
 
 test_done
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Message 25 of 26 in “fix crash in path.c on Windows”
  1. fix crash in path.c on WindowsRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 5, 2009
  4. René ScharfeFeb 5, 2009
  5. Johannes SixtFeb 5, 2009
  6. Robin RosenbergFeb 5, 2009
  7. fix t1504 on WindowsRené Scharfe, Feb 5, 2009
  8. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2009
  12. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2009
  13. René ScharfeFeb 6, 2009
  14. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2009
  15. René ScharfeFeb 6, 2009
  16. 0/5 Consolidate path normalization functionsJohannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  17. 1/5 Make test-path-utils more robust against incorrect useJohannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  18. 2/5 Move sanitary_path_copy() to path.c and rename it to normalize_path_copy()Johannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  19. 3/5 Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  20. 4/5 Test and fix normalize_path_copy()Johannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  21. 5/5 Remove unused normalize_absolute_path()Johannes Sixt, Feb 7, 2009
  22. Robin RosenbergFeb 8, 2009
  23. Johannes SixtFeb 8, 2009
  24. René ScharfeFeb 8, 2009
  25. Johannes SixtFeb 8, 2009
  26. René ScharfeFeb 7, 2009

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