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Re: [PATCH 5/9] t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
May 1, 2021, 18:55 UTC
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On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 11:42 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> Commit 10ecfa7649 (verify_path: disallow symlinks in .gitmodules,
> 2018-05-04) made it impossible to load a symlink .gitmodules file into
> the index. However, there are no tests of this behavior. Let's make sure
> this case is covered. We can easily reuse the test setup created by
> the matching b7b1fca175 (fsck: complain when .gitmodules is a symlink,
> 2018-05-04).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> diff --git a/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh b/t/t7450-bad-git-dotfiles.sh
> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ test_expect_success 'index-pack --strict works for non-repo pack' '
> -test_expect_success 'fsck detects symlinked .gitmodules file' '
> +test_expect_success 'set up repo with symlinked .gitmodules file' '
>         git init symlink &&
>         (
>                 cd symlink &&
> @@ -155,8 +155,14 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck detects symlinked .gitmodules file' '
>                 {
>                         printf "100644 blob $content\t$tricky\n" &&
>                         printf "120000 blob $target\t.gitmodules\n"
> -               } >bad-tree &&
> -               tree=$(git mktree <bad-tree) &&
> +               } >bad-tree
> +       ) &&
> +       tree=$(git -C symlink mktree <symlink/bad-tree)
> +'

`tree` is an unusually generic name for this now-global variable. One can easily imagine it being re-used by some unrelated test arbitrarily inserted into this script, thus potentially breaking the following tests which depend upon it. I wonder if a name such as `BAD_TREE` would be more appropriate.

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Message 14 of 35 in “leftover bits from symlinked gitattributes, etc topics”
  1. 0/9 leftover bits from symlinked gitattributes, etc topicsJeff King, May 1, 2021
  2. 1/9 t7415: remove out-dated comment about translationJeff King, May 1, 2021
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 3, 2021
  4. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  5. 2/9 fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variableJeff King, May 1, 2021
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 3, 2021
  7. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 4, 2021
  9. 3/9 fsck_tree(): wrap some long linesJeff King, May 1, 2021
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 3, 2021
  11. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  12. 4/9 t7415: rename to expand scopeJeff King, May 1, 2021
  13. 5/9 t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodulesJeff King, May 1, 2021
  14. Eric SunshineMay 1, 2021
  15. Eric SunshineMay 1, 2021
  16. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 3, 2021
  18. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  19. 6/9 t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured namesJeff King, May 1, 2021
  20. 7/9 t0060: test ntfs/hfs-obscured dotfilesJeff King, May 1, 2021
  21. 8/9 fsck: warn about symlinked dotfiles we'll open with O_NOFOLLOWJeff King, May 1, 2021
  22. 9/9 docs: document symlink restrictions for dot-filesJeff King, May 1, 2021
  23. Eric SunshineMay 1, 2021
  24. Jeff KingMay 3, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2021
  26. 0/9 leftover bits from symlinked gitattributes, etc topicsJeff King, May 3, 2021
  27. 1/9 t7415: remove out-dated comment about translationJeff King, May 3, 2021
  28. 2/9 fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variableJeff King, May 3, 2021
  29. 3/9 fsck_tree(): wrap some long linesJeff King, May 3, 2021
  30. 4/9 t7415: rename to expand scopeJeff King, May 3, 2021
  31. 5/9 t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodulesJeff King, May 3, 2021
  32. 6/9 t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured namesJeff King, May 3, 2021
  33. 7/9 t0060: test ntfs/hfs-obscured dotfilesJeff King, May 3, 2021
  34. 8/9 fsck: warn about symlinked dotfiles we'll open with O_NOFOLLOWJeff King, May 3, 2021
  35. 9/9 docs: document symlink restrictions for dot-filesJeff King, May 3, 2021

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