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Re: [PATCHv2] fetch --all: pass --tags/--no-tags through to each remote

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2012, 17:07 UTC
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Dan Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com> writes:
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> When fetch is invoked with --all, we need to pass the tag-following
> preference to each individual fetch; without this, we will always
> auto-follow tags, preventing us from fetching the remote tags into a
> remote-specific namespace, for example.
>
> Reported-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Johnson <ComputerDruid@gmail.com>
> ---
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>>Hmm. We allocate argv in fetch_multiple like this:
>>
>>  const char *argv[12] = { "fetch", "--append" };
>>
>>and then add a bunch of options to it, along with the name of the
>>remote. By my count, the current code can hit exactly 12 (including the
>>terminating NULL) if all options are set. Your patch would make it
>>possible to overflow. Of course, I may be miscounting since it is
>>extremely error-prone to figure out the right number by tracing each
>>possible conditional.
>>
>>Maybe we should switch it to a dynamic argv_array? Like this:
>>
>>  [1/2]: argv-array: add pop function
>>  [2/2]: fetch: use argv_array instead of hand-building arrays
>
> This version is re-rolled to be on top of jk/argv-array, avoiding the issue of
> the fixed-size array entirely. If needed, we could of course use the old
> version of this patch and bump the number, but I figure this is preferable.
Thanks.  Queued.
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Message 26 of 26 in “Bringing a bit more sanity to $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates?”
  1. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2012
  2. Michael HaggertyAug 5, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2012
  4. Jeff KingAug 7, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2012
  6. Sascha CunzAug 8, 2012
  7. Hallvard Breien FurusethAug 11, 2012
  8. Oswald BuddenhagenAug 27, 2012
  9. GC of alternate object store (was: Bringing a bit more sanity to $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates?)Hallvard Breien Furuseth, Aug 28, 2012
  10. Oswald BuddenhagenAug 29, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2012
  12. Oswald BuddenhagenAug 30, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  14. Oswald BuddenhagenAug 31, 2012
  15. Dan JohnsonAug 31, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2012
  17. fetch --all: pass --tags/--no-tags through to each remoteDan Johnson, Sep 1, 2012
  18. Jeff KingSep 1, 2012
  19. 1/2 argv-array: add pop functionJeff King, Sep 1, 2012
  20. 2/2 fetch: use argv_array instead of hand-building arraysJeff King, Sep 1, 2012
  21. Jens LehmannSep 1, 2012
  22. submodule: use argv_array instead of hand-building arraysJens Lehmann, Sep 1, 2012
  23. Jeff KingSep 1, 2012
  24. 3/2 argv-array: fix bogus cast when freeing arrayJeff King, Sep 1, 2012
  25. [PATCHv2] fetch --all: pass --tags/--no-tags through to each remoteDan Johnson, Sep 5, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2012

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