Re: Gitweb complains "404 - No such project" when following links from Gmail

From: Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Feb 19, 2011, 01:18 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTim4=vKvNeGLhXzW9Z9eSQ50OriBN7=oqf5_AUnb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinuPsWnaSAhmL3b0Bf3FWUEByRE50j+qD_ov0Qi@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 17:12, Jesse Wilson <jessewilson@google.com> wrote:

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> I've seen the following error on all git web deployments I've tried,
> including the Linux Kernel and Android:
>
>    /android/git /
>   404 - No such project
>
> Reproduce this by following this this link from the Gmail web app:
> http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob;f=core/java/android/hardware/SensorManager.java
>
> Pasting the same link into a browser's address bar yields a valid
> page. Even reloading it yields a valid page.

I think the issue is Gmail encodes the ";" as %3B. This confuses gitweb. IMHO, its a bug in Gmail, Gmail shouldn't be encoding ; as %3B when it creates the anchor.

-- 
Shawn.