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[PATCH v2 5/5] fast-import: fix erroneous handling of get-mark with empty orphan commits

From
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 1, 2019, 16:00 UTC
Message-ID
<20190401160011.20678-6-newren@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190401160011.20678-1-newren@gmail.com>

When get-mark was introduced in commit 28c7b1f7b7b7 ("fast-import: add a get-mark command", 2015-07-01), it followed the precedent of the cat-blob command to be allowed on any line other than in the middle of a data directive; see commit 777f80d7429b ("fast-import: Allow cat-blob requests at arbitrary points in stream", 2010-11-28). It was useful to allow cat-blob directives in the middle of a commit to get more data that would be used in writing the current commit object. get-mark is not similarly useful since fast-import can already use either object id or mark. Further, trying to allow this command anywhere caused parsing bugs. Fix the parsing problems by only allowing get-mark commands to appear when other commands have completed.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 4 ----
 fast-import.c                     | 8 ++------
 t/t9300-fast-import.sh            | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 982f82b0b3..33cce1e150 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -971,10 +971,6 @@ might want to refer to in their commit messages.
 	'get-mark' SP ':' <idnum> LF
 ....
 
-This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are
-accepted.  In particular, the `get-mark` command can be used in the
-middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command.
-
 See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read
 this output safely.
 
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 338db61e6e..064c55e8be 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -1748,8 +1748,6 @@ static int read_next_command(void)
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
-		const char *p;
-
 		if (unread_command_buf) {
 			unread_command_buf = 0;
 		} else {
@@ -1782,10 +1780,6 @@ static int read_next_command(void)
 			rc->prev->next = rc;
 			cmd_tail = rc;
 		}
-		if (skip_prefix(command_buf.buf, "get-mark ", &p)) {
-			parse_get_mark(p);
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (command_buf.buf[0] == '#')
 			continue;
 		return 0;
@@ -3318,6 +3312,8 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			parse_ls(v, NULL);
 		else if (skip_prefix(command_buf.buf, "cat-blob ", &v))
 			parse_cat_blob(v);
+		else if (skip_prefix(command_buf.buf, "get-mark ", &v))
+			parse_get_mark(v);
 		else if (!strcmp("checkpoint", command_buf.buf))
 			parse_checkpoint();
 		else if (!strcmp("done", command_buf.buf))
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index c304c8c47c..3668263c40 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -3276,11 +3276,11 @@ cat >>W-input <<-W_INPUT_END
 	LFsget-mark :1
 	W_INPUT_END
 
-test_expect_failure !MINGW 'W: get-mark & empty orphan commit with no newlines' '
+test_expect_success !MINGW 'W: get-mark & empty orphan commit with no newlines' '
 	sed -e s/LFs// W-input | tr L "\n" | git fast-import
 '
 
-test_expect_failure !MINGW 'W: get-mark & empty orphan commit with one newline' '
+test_expect_success !MINGW 'W: get-mark & empty orphan commit with one newline' '
 	sed -e s/LFs/L/ W-input | tr L "\n" | git fast-import
 '
 
-- 
2.21.0.1.g0a561c1dbd
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  1. 0/5 Fix some fast-import parsing issuesElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  2. 5/5 fast-import: fix erroneous handling of get-mark with empty orphan commitsElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  3. 2/5 git-fast-import.txt: fix wording about where ls command can appearElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  4. 3/5 fast-import: check most prominent commands firstElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  5. 4/5 fast-import: only allow cat-blob requests where it makes senseElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  6. 1/5 t9300: demonstrate bug with get-mark and empty orphan commitsElijah Newren, Feb 20, 2019
  7. Elijah NewrenMar 8, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2019
  9. Elijah NewrenApr 1, 2019
  10. 0/5 Fix some fast-import parsing issuesElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019
  11. 1/5 t9300: demonstrate bug with get-mark and empty orphan commitsElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019
  12. 5/5 fast-import: fix erroneous handling of get-mark with empty orphan commitsElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019
  13. 3/5 fast-import: check most prominent commands firstElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019
  14. 4/5 fast-import: only allow cat-blob requests where it makes senseElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019
  15. 2/5 git-fast-import.txt: fix wording about where ls command can appearElijah Newren, Apr 1, 2019

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