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Re: [PATCH v10 0/4] cat-file: add support for "-allow-unknown-type"

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
May 4, 2015, 02:55 UTC
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On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Hmmmm... you do not seem to pass your own test.
>>
>> expecting success:
>>         echo $bogus_type >expect &&
>>         git cat-file -t --allow-unknown-type $bogus_sha1 >actual &&
>>         test_cmp expect actual
>>
>> --- expect      2015-05-04 00:09:24.327335512 +0000
>> +++ actual      2015-05-04 00:09:24.335335473 +0000
>> @@ -1 +1 @@
>> -abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234679
>> +abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123467abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234679
>> not ok 86 - Type of broken object is correct when type is large
>
> Perhaps it would have a better chance of being correct with this
> squashed in.

Interestingly, neither test passes on Mac OS X even with this fixup. In fact, the git-hash-object invocation which computes/retrieves 'bogus_sha1' with the extra long bogus type crashes with SIGABRT in write_sha1_file_prepare(). Still investigating.

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> -- >8 --
> [PATCH] fixup! sha1_file: support reading from a loose object of unknown type
>
> ---
>  sha1_file.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index f65bf90..e010e7c 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -1568,7 +1568,6 @@ static int unpack_sha1_header_to_strbuf(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map,
>                                         unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer,
>                                         unsigned long bufsiz, struct strbuf *header)
>  {
> -       unsigned char *cp;
>         int status;
>
>         status = unpack_sha1_header(stream, map, mapsize, buffer, bufsiz);
> @@ -1579,7 +1578,6 @@ static int unpack_sha1_header_to_strbuf(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map,
>         if (memchr(buffer, '\0', stream->next_out - (unsigned char *)buffer))
>                 return 0;
>
> -       strbuf_add(header, buffer, stream->next_out - (unsigned char *)buffer);
>         do {
>                 status = git_inflate(stream, 0);
>                 strbuf_add(header, buffer, stream->next_out - (unsigned char *)buffer);
> --
> 2.4.0-282-g4432dd4
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Message 14 of 22 in “cat-file: add support for "-allow-unknown-type"”
  1. 0/4 cat-file: add support for "-allow-unknown-type"karthik nayak, May 3, 2015
  2. 1/4 sha1_file: support reading from a loose object of unknown typeKarthik Nayak, May 3, 2015
  3. 2/4 cat-file: make the options mutually exclusiveKarthik Nayak, May 3, 2015
  4. 3/4 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--allow-unknown-type' optionKarthik Nayak, May 3, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineMay 5, 2015
  6. 4/4 t1006: add tests for git cat-file --allow-unknown-typeKarthik Nayak, May 3, 2015
  7. Eric SunshineMay 5, 2015
  8. karthik nayakMay 5, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2015
  11. karthik nayakMay 5, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2015
  15. Eric SunshineMay 4, 2015
  16. karthik nayakMay 4, 2015
  17. karthik nayakMay 6, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2015
  19. Karthik NayakMay 7, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  21. karthik nayakMay 4, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2015

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