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[PATCH] git-svn: fix ls-tree usage with dash-prefixed paths

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Mar 29, 2009, 06:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20090329061045.GA29721@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To
<20090329060858.GB15773@dcvr.yhbt.net>

To find the blob object name given a tree and pathname, we were incorrectly calling "git ls-tree" with a "--" argument followed by the pathname of the file we wanted to get.

  git ls-tree <TREE> -- --dashed/path/name.c

Unlike many command-line interfaces, the "--" alone does not symbolize the end of non-option arguments on the command-line.

ls-tree interprets the "--" as a prefix to match against, thus the entire contents of the --dashed/* hierarchy would be returned because the "--" matches "--dashed" and every path under it.

Thanks to Anton Gyllenberg for pointing me toward the Twisted repository as a real-world example of this case.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
---
 Junio: This can go to maint.  Thanks
 git-svn.perl |   15 +++++++++------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 8be6be0..f21cfb4 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -3387,15 +3387,18 @@ sub delete_entry {
 	return undef if ($gpath eq '');
 
 	# remove entire directories.
-	if (command('ls-tree', $self->{c}, '--', $gpath) =~ /^040000 tree/) {
+	my ($tree) = (command('ls-tree', '-z', $self->{c}, "./$gpath")
+	                 =~ /\A040000 tree ([a-f\d]{40})\t\Q$gpath\E\0/);
+	if ($tree) {
 		my ($ls, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(qw/ls-tree
 		                                     -r --name-only -z/,
-				                     $self->{c}, '--', $gpath);
+				                     $tree);
 		local $/ = "\0";
 		while (<$ls>) {
 			chomp;
-			$self->{gii}->remove($_);
-			print "\tD\t$_\n" unless $::_q;
+			my $rmpath = "$gpath/$_";
+			$self->{gii}->remove($rmpath);
+			print "\tD\t$rmpath\n" unless $::_q;
 		}
 		print "\tD\t$gpath/\n" unless $::_q;
 		command_close_pipe($ls, $ctx);
@@ -3414,8 +3417,8 @@ sub open_file {
 	goto out if is_path_ignored($path);
 
 	my $gpath = $self->git_path($path);
-	($mode, $blob) = (command('ls-tree', $self->{c}, '--', $gpath)
-	                     =~ /^(\d{6}) blob ([a-f\d]{40})\t/);
+	($mode, $blob) = (command('ls-tree', '-z', $self->{c}, "./$gpath")
+	                     =~ /\A(\d{6}) blob ([a-f\d]{40})\t\Q$gpath\E\0/);
 	unless (defined $mode && defined $blob) {
 		die "$path was not found in commit $self->{c} (r$rev)\n";
 	}
Previous: Eric WongNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 10 of 28 in “svn clone Checksum mismatch question”
  1. Gilbert LiddellMar 26, 2009
  2. Björn SteinbrinkMar 26, 2009
  3. Gilbert LiddellMar 26, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierMar 26, 2009
  5. Gilbert LiddellMar 26, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 26, 2009
  7. Anton GyllenbergMar 26, 2009
  8. Anton GyllenbergMar 27, 2009
  9. Eric WongMar 29, 2009
  10. git-svn: fix ls-tree usage with dash-prefixed pathsEric Wong, Mar 29, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2009
  12. Eric WongMar 29, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  14. Eric WongMar 30, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  16. Eric WongMar 30, 2009
  17. Björn SteinbrinkMar 31, 2009
  18. Björn SteinbrinkMar 31, 2009
  19. Björn SteinbrinkMar 31, 2009
  20. tree_entry_interesting: Only recurse when the pathspec is a leading path componentBjörn Steinbrink, Mar 31, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2009
  22. match_tree_entry(): a pathspec only matches at directory boundariesJunio C Hamano, Apr 2, 2009
  23. Linus TorvaldsApr 2, 2009
  24. Björn SteinbrinkApr 2, 2009
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2009
  26. Björn SteinbrinkMar 30, 2009
  27. Anton GyllenbergMar 30, 2009
  28. Peter HarrisMar 26, 2009

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