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Re: [PATCH] fast-import: catch garbage after marks in from/merge

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 1, 2012, 23:12 UTC
Message-ID
<20120401231259.GE20883@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20120401225407.GA12127@padd.com>
Hi Pete,
Pete Wyckoff wrote:
Show 6 quoted lines
>     from :1M 100644 :103 hello.c
>
> It is missing a newline and should be:
>
>     from :1
>     M 100644 :103 hello.c
Good idea; thanks.

I agree that this at least deserves a warning and probably should error out.

[...]
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> --- a/fast-import.c
> +++ b/fast-import.c
> @@ -2537,8 +2537,16 @@ static int parse_from(struct branch *b)
>  		hashcpy(b->branch_tree.versions[0].sha1, t);
>  		hashcpy(b->branch_tree.versions[1].sha1, t);
>  	} else if (*from == ':') {
> -		uintmax_t idnum = strtoumax(from + 1, NULL, 10);
> -		struct object_entry *oe = find_mark(idnum);
> +		char *eptr;
> +		uintmax_t idnum = strtoumax(from + 1, &eptr, 10);
> +		struct object_entry *oe;
> +		if (eptr) {
> +			for (; *eptr && isspace(*eptr); eptr++) ;
> +			if (*eptr)
> +				die("Garbage after mark: %s",

The implementation seems more complicated than it needs to be. Why allow whitespace after the mark number?

Curious, Jonathan

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  1. fast-import: catch garbage after marks in from/mergePete Wyckoff, Apr 1, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederApr 1, 2012
  3. Pete WyckoffApr 2, 2012
  4. Dmitry IvankovApr 2, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederApr 2, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2012
  8. 0/2 fast-import: tighten parsing of mark referencesPete Wyckoff, Apr 3, 2012
  9. 1/2 fast-import: test behavior of garbage after mark referencesPete Wyckoff, Apr 3, 2012
  10. Jonathan NiederApr 3, 2012
  11. Pete WyckoffApr 4, 2012
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 4, 2012
  13. 2/2 fast-import: tighten parsing of mark referencesPete Wyckoff, Apr 3, 2012
  14. Jonathan NiederApr 3, 2012
  15. Pete WyckoffApr 4, 2012
  16. Jonathan NiederApr 4, 2012
  17. Sverre RabbelierApr 3, 2012
  18. [PATCHv3] fast-import: tighten parsing of mark referencesPete Wyckoff, Apr 5, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2012
  21. [PATCHv4] fast-import: tighten parsing of datarefsPete Wyckoff, Apr 7, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2012

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