Re: [PATCH v8 4/4] t1006: add tests for git cat-file --literally

> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > index ab36b1e..61fab78 100755
> > --- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > +++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > @@ -296,4 +308,21 @@ test_expect_success '%(deltabase) reports packed delta bases' '
> >          }
> >   '
> >
> > +bogus_type="bogus"
> > +bogus_content="bogus"
> > +bogus_size=$(strlen $bogus_content)
>
> If someone ever changes the value of 'bogus_content' so it contains
> whitespace, then the result of strlen() will be incorrect as you've
> invoked it. You should quote its argument (as other callers in this
> script do) to safeguard against such an issue.
>
>      bogus_size=$(strlen "$bogus_content")
>
> > +bogus_sha1=$(printf $bogus_content | git hash-object -t $bogus_type --literally -w --stdin)
>
> Ditto regarding quoting of 'bogus_content'.
>
> Also, if someone ever modifies 'bogus_content' so that it contains a
> literal '%' (such as "%s"), then your printf() invocation will
> misbehave. Either call it like this:
>
>      $(printf '%s' "$bogus_content" | ...)
>
> or, better yet, call echo_without_newline() as other similar code
> elsewhere in this script does, and as suggested earlier[1].
>
> [1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/266972/
>
> > +test_expect_success "Type of broken object is correct" '
> > +       echo $bogus_type >expect &&
> > +       git cat-file -t --literally $bogus_sha1 >actual &&
> > +       test_cmp expect actual
> > +'
> > +
> > +test_expect_success "Size of broken object is correct" '
> > +    echo $bogus_size >expect &&
>
> Bad indentation. Use tab rather than spaces.
>
> > +       git cat-file -s --literally $bogus_sha1 >actual &&
> > +       test_cmp expect actual
> > +'
> > +
> >   test_done
> > --
> > 2.4.0.rc1.249.gb598846