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[PATCHv5] sha1_file: fix iterating loose alternate objects

From
Jonathon Mah <me@jonathonmah.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2015, 20:05 UTC
Message-ID
<E05CAD49-755C-4F26-A527-597B1AD412D8@jonathonmah.com>

The string in 'base' contains a path suffix to a specific object; when its value is used, the suffix must either be filled (as in stat_sha1_file, open_sha1_file, check_and_freshen_nonlocal) or cleared (as in prepare_packed_git) to avoid junk at the end. loose_from_alt_odb (introduced in 660c889e46d185dc98ba78963528826728b0a55d) did neither and treated 'base' as a complete path to the "base" object directory, instead of a pointer to the "base" of the full path string.

The trailing path after 'base' is still initialized to NUL, hiding the bug in some common cases. Additionally the descendent for_each_file_in_obj_subdir function swallows ENOENT, so an error only shows if the alternate's path was last filled with a valid object (where statting /path/to/existing/00/0bjectfile/00 fails).

Signed-off-by: Jonathon Mah <me@JonathonMah.com>
---
Simplified test per Junio (verified that it fails before and passes now). Punting on Jeff's "more elaborate example".
 sha1_file.c      | 10 +++++++---
 t/t5304-prune.sh |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 30995e6..fcb1c4b 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -3396,9 +3396,13 @@ static int loose_from_alt_odb(struct alternate_object_database *alt,
 			      void *vdata)
 {
 	struct loose_alt_odb_data *data = vdata;
-	return for_each_loose_file_in_objdir(alt->base,
-					     data->cb, NULL, NULL,
-					     data->data);
+	int r;
+	alt->name[-1] = 0;
+	r = for_each_loose_file_in_objdir(alt->base,
+					  data->cb, NULL, NULL,
+					  data->data);
+	alt->name[-1] = '/';
+	return r;
 }
 
 int for_each_loose_object(each_loose_object_fn cb, void *data)
diff --git a/t/t5304-prune.sh b/t/t5304-prune.sh
index e32e46d..0794d33 100755
--- a/t/t5304-prune.sh
+++ b/t/t5304-prune.sh
@@ -253,4 +253,12 @@ test_expect_success 'prune .git/shallow' '
 	test_path_is_missing .git/shallow
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'prune: handle alternate object database' '
+	test_create_repo A &&
+	git -C A commit --allow-empty -m "initial commit" &&
+	git clone --shared A B &&
+	git -C B commit --allow-empty -m "next commit" &&
+	git -C B prune
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.3.0.rc2.2.g184f7a0
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  1. Jonathon MahFeb 2, 2015
  2. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2015
  4. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2015

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