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Re: [PATCH 2/2] unpack_entry: do not die when we fail to apply a delta

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2013, 21:59 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>  test_expect_success \
> +    'corruption of delta base reference pointing to wrong object' \
> +    'create_new_pack --delta-base-offset &&
> +     git prune-packed &&
> +     printf "\220\033" | do_corrupt_object $blob_3 2 &&

Interesting. You cheated in a different way with a hardcoded offset, instead of hardcoded knowledge of where the object name is stored in binary in the .idx file ;-)

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> +     git cat-file blob $blob_1 >/dev/null &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_2 >/dev/null &&
> +     test_must_fail git cat-file blob $blob_3 >/dev/null'
> +
> +test_expect_success \
> +    '... but having a loose copy allows for full recovery' \
> +    'mv ${pack}.idx tmp &&
> +     git hash-object -t blob -w file_3 &&
> +     mv tmp ${pack}.idx &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_1 > /dev/null &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_2 > /dev/null &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_3 > /dev/null'
> +
> +test_expect_success \
> +    '... and then a repack "clears" the corruption' \
> +    'do_repack --delta-base-offset --no-reuse-delta &&
> +     git prune-packed &&
> +     git verify-pack ${pack}.pack &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_1 > /dev/null &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_2 > /dev/null &&
> +     git cat-file blob $blob_3 > /dev/null'
Nice.  Will replace the one I queued yesterday with these two patches.
> +test_expect_success \
>      'corrupting header to have too small output buffer fails unpack' \
>      'create_new_pack &&
>       git prune-packed &&
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  1. unpack_entry: do not die when we fail to apply a deltaJeff King, Jun 13, 2013
  2. Nicolas PitreJun 14, 2013
  3. 0/2 recover from "failed to apply delta"Jeff King, Jun 14, 2013
  4. 1/2 t5303: drop "count=1" from corruption ddJeff King, Jun 14, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2013
  6. Jeff KingJun 14, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2013
  8. 2/2 unpack_entry: do not die when we fail to apply a deltaJeff King, Jun 14, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2013
  10. Jeff KingJun 14, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2013

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