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Re: [PATCH] Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-added

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 8, 2008, 20:25 UTC
Message-ID
<7vejalt12h.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<91DF7A2E-540B-4AD6-91B2-BDB0B04EFC71@sb.org>
This will hopefully be the final version.

-- >8 -- filter-branch: handle "disappearing tree" case correctly in subdir filter

The subdirectory filter had a bug to notice that the commit in question did not have anything in the path-limited part of the tree. $commit:$path does not name an empty tree when $path does not appear in $commit.

This should fix it. The additional test in t7003 is originally from Kevin Ballard but with fixups.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 * -f is needed because the previous one is about aborting the filter and
    leaving the "original" namespace.
 git-filter-branch.sh     |   11 ++++++++++-
 t/t7003-filter-branch.sh |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 49e13f0..010353a 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -252,7 +252,16 @@ while read commit parents; do
 		git read-tree -i -m $commit
 		;;
 	*)
-		git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir"
+		# The commit may not have the subdirectory at all
+		err=$(git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>&1) || {
+			if ! git rev-parse --verify $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>/dev/null
+			then
+				rm -f "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
+			else
+				echo >&2 "$err"
+				false
+			fi
+		}
 	esac || die "Could not initialize the index"
 
 	GIT_COMMIT=$commit
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index 868babc..6e14bf1 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -179,4 +179,28 @@ test_expect_success 'Name needing quotes' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Subdirectory filter with disappearing trees' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout master &&
+
+	mkdir foo &&
+	touch foo/bar &&
+	git add foo &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "Adding foo" &&
+
+	git rm -r foo &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "Removing foo" &&
+
+	mkdir foo &&
+	touch foo/bar &&
+	git add foo &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m "Re-adding foo" &&
+
+	git filter-branch -f --subdirectory-filter foo &&
+	test $(git rev-list master | wc -l) = 3
+'
+
 test_done
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  1. Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-addedKevin Ballard, Mar 8, 2008
  2. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  4. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008
  5. Re* [PATCH] Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-addedJunio C Hamano, Mar 8, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  7. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008

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