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Re: [PATCH 04/16] refactor skip_prefix to return a boolean

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 23, 2014, 21:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20140623210755.GA15766@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:50:06AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I was re-reading this and noticed another possible bug.
> 
>  builtin/clone.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
> index b12989d..df659dd 100644
> --- a/builtin/clone.c
> +++ b/builtin/clone.c
> @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void write_refspec_config(const char* src_ref_prefix,
>  	if (option_mirror || !option_bare) {
>  		if (option_single_branch && !option_mirror) {
>  			if (option_branch) {
> -				if (strstr(our_head_points_at->name, "refs/tags/"))
> +				if (starts_with(our_head_points_at->name, "refs/tags/"))
>  					strbuf_addf(&value, "+%s:%s", our_head_points_at->name,
>  						our_head_points_at->name);
>  				else
> 
> Because the pattern is not anchored to the left with a slash, it is
> clear that the original cannot even claim that it was trying to
> munge "foo/refs/tags/" as well.

Yeah, the strstr seems very wrong there. Even with the "/", why would you want to match "refs/heads/refs/tags/"?

> Which means this is trivially correct, but at the same time I wonder
> what it means for our-head to point at a ref in refs/tags/ hierarchy.

I think it is for "git clone --branch=v1.0". We create a refspec pulling v1.0 to its local tag in that case (as opposed to to something in "refs/remotes/origin/"). So I really think this does want to be starts_with.

-Peff
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Message 11 of 33 in “skip_prefix refactoring and cleanups”
  1. 0/16 skip_prefix refactoring and cleanupsJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  2. 01/16 parse_diff_color_slot: drop ofs parameterJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  3. 02/16 daemon: mark some strings as constJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  4. 03/16 avoid using skip_prefix as a booleanJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  5. 04/16 refactor skip_prefix to return a booleanJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  6. Eric SunshineJun 20, 2014
  7. Jeff KingJun 20, 2014
  8. Eric SunshineJun 20, 2014
  9. Jeff KingJun 20, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2014
  11. Jeff KingJun 23, 2014
  12. builtin/clone.c: detect a clone starting at a tag correctlyJunio C Hamano, Jun 23, 2014
  13. 05/16 apply: use skip_prefix instead of raw additionJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  14. 06/16 fast-import: fix read of uninitialized argv memoryJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  15. 07/16 transport-helper: avoid reading past end-of-stringJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  16. 08/16 use skip_prefix to avoid magic numbersJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2014
  18. Jeff KingJul 1, 2014
  19. 09/16 use skip_prefix to avoid repeating stringsJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  20. 10/16 fast-import: use skip_prefix for parsing inputJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  21. Eric SunshineJun 20, 2014
  22. Jeff KingJun 20, 2014
  23. Eric SunshineJun 20, 2014
  24. 11/16 daemon: use skip_prefix to avoid magic numbersJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  25. 12/16 stat_opt: check extra strlen callJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  26. 13/16 fast-import: refactor parsing of spacesJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  27. 14/16 fetch-pack: refactor parsing in get_ackJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  28. Eric SunshineJun 20, 2014
  29. 15/16 git: avoid magic number with skip_prefixJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  30. 16/16 use skip_prefix to avoid repeated calculationsJeff King, Jun 18, 2014
  31. Tanay AbhraJun 19, 2014
  32. 17/16 http-push: refactor parsing of remote object namesJeff King, Jun 19, 2014
  33. Jeff KingJun 19, 2014

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