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[PATCH v4] convert filter: supply path to external driver

From
PWPete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2010, 20:33 UTC
Message-ID
<20101221203322.GA13868@honk.padd.com>
In-Reply-To
<20101221181924.GB25812@burratino>

Filtering to support keyword expansion may need the name of the file being filtered. In particular, to support p4 keywords like

    $File: //depot/product/dir/script.sh $

the smudge filter needs to know the name of the file it is smudging.

Add a "%f" conversion specifier to the gitattribute for filter. It will be expanded with the path name to the file when invoking the external filter command. The path name is quoted and special characters are escaped to prevent the shell from splitting incorrectly.

Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
---
jrnieder@gmail.com wrote on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:19 -0600:
> [detailed review]

Thanks for the nitpicks. I put the argc.sh and chmod +x into a setup test. Tried to put some more in there, and to break up the test in two, but did not want to duplicate the complex calculation of "norm" and "spec" variables. So ended up with the small setup, and just one big test still.

I couldn't quite bring myself to delete the nice spaces in redirections like "> test". Rest of the usage in t/ seems to be about 1/3 for space, 2/3 against.

Got the test_cmp, tabs and missing &&, too, thanks for finding those.

		-- Pete
 Documentation/gitattributes.txt |   12 +++++++++
 convert.c                       |   22 +++++++++++++++++-
 t/t0021-conversion.sh           |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 564586b..1afcf01 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -317,6 +317,18 @@ command is "cat").
 	smudge = cat
 ------------------------
 
+If your filter needs the path of the file it is working on,
+you can use the "%f" conversion specification.  It will be
+replaced with the relative path to the file.  This is important
+for keyword substitution that depends on the name of the
+file.  Like this:
+
+------------------------
+[filter "p4"]
+	clean = git-p4-filter --clean %f
+	smudge = git-p4-filter --smudge %f
+------------------------
+
 
 Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index e41a31e..8f020bc 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ struct filter_params {
 	const char *src;
 	unsigned long size;
 	const char *cmd;
+	const char *path;
 };
 
 static int filter_buffer(int in, int out, void *data)
@@ -329,7 +330,23 @@ static int filter_buffer(int in, int out, void *data)
 	int write_err, status;
 	const char *argv[] = { NULL, NULL };
 
-	argv[0] = params->cmd;
+	/* apply % substitution to cmd */
+	struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf_expand_dict_entry dict[] = {
+	    "f", NULL,
+	    NULL, NULL,
+	};
+
+	/* quote the path to preserve spaces, etc. */
+	sq_quote_buf(&path, params->path);
+	dict[0].value = path.buf;
+
+	/* expand all %f with the quoted path */
+	strbuf_expand(&cmd, params->cmd, strbuf_expand_dict_cb, &dict);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+
+	argv[0] = cmd.buf;
 
 	memset(&child_process, 0, sizeof(child_process));
 	child_process.argv = argv;
@@ -349,6 +366,8 @@ static int filter_buffer(int in, int out, void *data)
 	status = finish_command(&child_process);
 	if (status)
 		error("external filter %s failed %d", params->cmd, status);
+
+	strbuf_release(&cmd);
 	return (write_err || status);
 }
 
@@ -376,6 +395,7 @@ static int apply_filter(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 	params.src = src;
 	params.size = len;
 	params.cmd = cmd;
+	params.path = path;
 
 	fflush(NULL);
 	if (start_async(&async))
diff --git a/t/t0021-conversion.sh b/t/t0021-conversion.sh
index 828e35b..69c22a6 100755
--- a/t/t0021-conversion.sh
+++ b/t/t0021-conversion.sh
@@ -93,4 +93,52 @@ test_expect_success expanded_in_repo '
 	cmp expanded-keywords expected-output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'filter shell-escaped filenames setup' '
+	cat >argc.sh <<-EOF &&
+	#!$SHELL_PATH
+	echo argc: \$# "\$@"
+	EOF
+	chmod +x argc.sh
+'
+
+# The use of %f in a filter definition is expanded to the path to
+# the filename being smudged or cleaned.  It must be shell escaped.
+# First, set up some interesting file names and pet them in
+# .gitattributes.
+test_expect_success 'filter shell-escaped filenames test' '
+	norm=name-no-magic &&
+	spec=$(echo name:sgl\"dbl\ spc!bang | tr : \\047) &&
+	echo some test text > test &&
+	cat test > $norm &&
+	cat test > "$spec" &&
+	git add $norm &&
+	git add "$spec" &&
+	git commit -q -m "add files" &&
+	echo "name* filter=argc" > .gitattributes &&
+
+	# delete the files and check them out again, using a smudge filter
+	# that will count the args and echo the command-line back to us
+	git config filter.argc.smudge "./argc.sh %f" &&
+	rm $norm "$spec" &&
+	git checkout -- $norm "$spec" &&
+
+	# make sure argc.sh counted the right number of args
+	echo "argc: 1 $norm" > res &&
+	test_cmp res $norm &&
+	echo "argc: 1 $spec" > res &&
+	test_cmp res "$spec" &&
+
+	# do the same thing, but with more args in the filter expression
+	git config filter.argc.smudge "./argc.sh %f --myword" &&
+	rm $norm "$spec" &&
+	git checkout -- $norm "$spec" &&
+
+	# make sure argc.sh counted the right number of args
+	echo "argc: 2 $norm --myword" > res &&
+	test_cmp res $norm &&
+	echo "argc: 2 $spec --myword" > res &&
+	test_cmp res "$spec" &&
+	:
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.2.3
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  10. convert filter: supply path to external driverPete Wyckoff, Dec 21, 2010
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