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[PATCH 2/2] blame: Fix corner case when a directory becomes a file

From
BWBen Willard <benwillard@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 2, 2009, 19:29 UTC
Message-ID
<4a257d91.0407560a.04d2.ffffe775@mx.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1243969358.git.benwillard@gmail.com>

find_origin() assumes that there will be only one listing in diff_queued_diff, but this is not the case when a directory becomes a file in a single commit. So, don't fail in this case.

Signed-off-by: Ben Willard <benwillard@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-blame.c  |   12 ++++++++----
 t/t8006-blame.sh |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-blame.c b/builtin-blame.c
index cf74a92..3e217af 100644
--- a/builtin-blame.c
+++ b/builtin-blame.c
@@ -363,16 +363,14 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 	diffcore_std(&diff_opts);
 
 	/* It is either one entry that says "modified", or "created",
-	 * or nothing.
+	 * or nothing, or two entries (a "deleted" and an "add").
 	 */
 	if (!diff_queued_diff.nr) {
 		/* The path is the same as parent */
 		porigin = get_origin(sb, parent, origin->path);
 		hashcpy(porigin->blob_sha1, origin->blob_sha1);
 	}
-	else if (diff_queued_diff.nr != 1)
-		die("internal error in blame::find_origin");
-	else {
+	else if (diff_queued_diff.nr == 1) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = diff_queued_diff.queue[0];
 		switch (p->status) {
 		default:
@@ -388,6 +386,12 @@ static struct origin *find_origin(struct scoreboard *sb,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	else if (diff_queued_diff.nr == 2) {
+		/* Both added and removed, (ie. directory became a file) */
+	}
+	else {
+		die("internal error in blame::find_origin");
+	}
 	diff_flush(&diff_opts);
 	diff_tree_release_paths(&diff_opts);
 	if (porigin) {
diff --git a/t/t8006-blame.sh b/t/t8006-blame.sh
index 7c271f0..17f38ff 100755
--- a/t/t8006-blame.sh
+++ b/t/t8006-blame.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	git commit -m "Add dir as a file"
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'blame runs on dir' '
+test_expect_success 'blame runs on dir' '
 	git blame dir
 '
 
-- 
1.6.3.1.279.gd4bf4
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