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[PATCH 1/3] diff --no-index: die on error reading stdin

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 27, 2023, 14:10 UTC
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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

If there is an error when reading from stdin then "diff --no-index" prints an error message but continues to try and diff a file named "-" resulting in an error message that looks like

    error: error while reading from stdin: Invalid argument
    fatal: stat '-': No such file or directory

assuming that no file named "-" exists. If such a file exists it prints the first error message and generates the diff from that file which is not what the user wanted. Instead just die() straight away if we cannot read from stdin.

Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 diff-no-index.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index 4296940f90..7b9327f8f3 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -60,20 +60,19 @@ static int get_mode(const char *path, int *mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int populate_from_stdin(struct diff_filespec *s)
+static void populate_from_stdin(struct diff_filespec *s)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	size_t size = 0;
 
 	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 0) < 0)
-		return error_errno("error while reading from stdin");
+		die_errno("error while reading from stdin");
 
 	s->should_munmap = 0;
 	s->data = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
 	s->size = size;
 	s->should_free = 1;
 	s->is_stdin = 1;
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct diff_filespec *noindex_filespec(const char *name, int mode)
-- 
2.40.1.852.g22d29fd9ba
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  1. 0/3 diff --no-index: support reading from named pipesPhillip Wood, Jun 27, 2023
  2. 1/3 diff --no-index: die on error reading stdinPhillip Wood, Jun 27, 2023
  3. 2/3 t4054: test diff --no-index with stdinPhillip Wood, Jun 27, 2023
  4. 3/3 diff --no-index: support reading from named pipesPhillip Wood, Jun 27, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2023
  6. Phillip WoodJun 28, 2023
  7. 0/4 diff --no-index: support reading from named pipesPhillip Wood, Jul 5, 2023
  8. 1/4 diff --no-index: refuse to compare stdin to a directoryPhillip Wood, Jul 5, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
  10. 3/4 t4054: test diff --no-index with stdinPhillip Wood, Jul 5, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
  12. 4/4 diff --no-index: support reading from named pipesPhillip Wood, Jul 5, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
  14. Jeff KingAug 9, 2023
  15. Phillip WoodAug 10, 2023
  16. 2/4 diff --no-index: die on error reading stdinPhillip Wood, Jul 5, 2023
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023

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