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[PATCH] fix attribute handling in bare repositories

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Jun 8, 2008, 15:16 UTC
Message-ID
<484BF7BB.1090802@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
<fcaeb9bf0806070821r5ba650c2x1fef7947fc4a2de5@mail.gmail.com>
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently attr.c will read .gitattributes on disk no matter there is a
> real worktree or not. This can lead to strange behavior.
Yes, it probably shouldn't do that.  What about this patch?

-- snip! -- Attributes can be specified at three different places: the internal table of default values, the file $GIT_DIR/info/attributes and files named .gitattributes in the work tree. Since bare repositories don't have a work tree, git should ignore any .gitattributes files there.

This patch makes git do that, so the only way left for a user to specify attributes in a bare repository is the file info/attributes (in addition to changing the defaults and recompiling).

In addition, git-check-attr is allowed to run without a work tree. Like any user of the code in attr.c, it simply ignores the .gitattributes files when run in a bare repository. And we need the command to work there, because it's used in the tests that this patch adds.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
---
 attr.c                |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 git.c                 |    2 +-
 t/t0003-attributes.sh |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 1a15fad..0fb47d3 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -438,11 +438,13 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 		elem->prev = attr_stack;
 		attr_stack = elem;
 
-		elem = read_attr(GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, 1);
-		elem->origin = strdup("");
-		elem->prev = attr_stack;
-		attr_stack = elem;
-		debug_push(elem);
+		if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+			elem = read_attr(GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, 1);
+			elem->origin = strdup("");
+			elem->prev = attr_stack;
+			attr_stack = elem;
+			debug_push(elem);
+		}
 
 		elem = read_attr_from_file(git_path(INFOATTRIBUTES_FILE), 1);
 		if (!elem)
@@ -501,22 +503,24 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(const char *path, int dirlen)
 	/*
 	 * Read from parent directories and push them down
 	 */
-	while (1) {
-		char *cp;
-
-		len = strlen(attr_stack->origin);
-		if (dirlen <= len)
-			break;
-		memcpy(pathbuf, path, dirlen);
-		memcpy(pathbuf + dirlen, "/", 2);
-		cp = strchr(pathbuf + len + 1, '/');
-		strcpy(cp + 1, GITATTRIBUTES_FILE);
-		elem = read_attr(pathbuf, 0);
-		*cp = '\0';
-		elem->origin = strdup(pathbuf);
-		elem->prev = attr_stack;
-		attr_stack = elem;
-		debug_push(elem);
+	if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+		while (1) {
+			char *cp;
+
+			len = strlen(attr_stack->origin);
+			if (dirlen <= len)
+				break;
+			memcpy(pathbuf, path, dirlen);
+			memcpy(pathbuf + dirlen, "/", 2);
+			cp = strchr(pathbuf + len + 1, '/');
+			strcpy(cp + 1, GITATTRIBUTES_FILE);
+			elem = read_attr(pathbuf, 0);
+			*cp = '\0';
+			elem->origin = strdup(pathbuf);
+			elem->prev = attr_stack;
+			attr_stack = elem;
+			debug_push(elem);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 15a0e71..59f0fcc 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index,
 			RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE},
 		{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
-		{ "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+		{ "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "cherry-pick", cmd_cherry_pick, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "clone", cmd_clone },
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index c56d2fb..3d8e06a 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -54,4 +54,39 @@ test_expect_success 'root subdir attribute test' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup bare' '
+
+	git clone --bare . bare.git &&
+	cd bare.git
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'bare repository: check that .gitattribute is ignored' '
+
+	(
+		echo "f	test=f"
+		echo "a/i test=a/i"
+	) >.gitattributes &&
+	attr_check f unspecified &&
+	attr_check a/f unspecified &&
+	attr_check a/c/f unspecified &&
+	attr_check a/i unspecified &&
+	attr_check subdir/a/i unspecified
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'bare repository: test info/attributes' '
+
+	(
+		echo "f	test=f"
+		echo "a/i test=a/i"
+	) >info/attributes &&
+	attr_check f f &&
+	attr_check a/f f &&
+	attr_check a/c/f f &&
+	attr_check a/i a/i &&
+	attr_check subdir/a/i unspecified
+
+'
+
 test_done
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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJun 7, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiJun 7, 2008
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJun 7, 2008
  4. René ScharfeJun 8, 2008
  5. fix attribute handling in bare repositoriesRené Scharfe, Jun 8, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
  7. René ScharfeJun 8, 2008
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJun 9, 2008

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