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Re: [PATCH] git-svnimport: Use separate arguments in the pipe for git-rev-parse

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 18, 2007, 08:54 UTC
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<7vlkb4wdzq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
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<20070918074753.GQ31176@kiste.smurf.noris.de>
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de> writes:
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> Signed-Off-By: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
> ---
> Please tell me whether that works for you.
>
> Somebody else, preferably its author, can fix git-svn. ;-)
> 
> diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
> index d3ad5b9..aa5b3b2 100755
> --- a/git-svnimport.perl
> +++ b/git-svnimport.perl
> @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ sub commit {
>  
>  	my $rev;
>  	if($revision > $opt_s and defined $parent) {
> -		open(H,"git-rev-parse --verify $parent |");
> +		open(H,'-|',"git-rev-parse","--verify",$parent);
>  		$rev = <H>;
>  		close(H) or do {
>  			print STDERR "$revision: cannot find commit '$parent'!\n";

I seem to be missing the context, but please describe what problem this fixes in the commit log message. I guess some people use shell metacharacters and/or SP in their branch names and this is about that problem?

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  1. git-svnimport: Use separate arguments in the pipe for git-rev-parseMatthias Urlichs, Sep 18, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2007
  3. Matthias UrlichsSep 18, 2007
  4. Dan LibbySep 20, 2007
  5. Matthias UrlichsSep 21, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2007
  7. Matthias UrlichsSep 21, 2007
  8. Dan LibbySep 21, 2007
  9. Dan LibbySep 20, 2007

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